Journal article
Experimental Observation of Anomalous Ordering in a Landau-Peierls System
The smectic-A phase of a liquid crystal is characterized by a one-dimensional mass density wave in a three-dimensional liquid. High-resolution x ray measurements in the smectic-A phase of octyloxycyanobenzylidene (8OCB) show that the order-parameter scattering does not exhibit normal Bragg line profiles but rather corresponds to a power-law singularity of the form (q∥-q0)-2, with q∥ being the longitudinal wave-vector component.
Also, the transverse line profile is anomalous. © 1977 The American Physical Society
Language: | English |
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Year: | 1977 |
Pages: | 352-355 |
ISSN: | 00319007 and 10797114 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.1668 |