Microscopic Origin of Cholesteric Pitch

A. B. Harris, Randall D. Kamien, and T. C. Lubensky
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1476 – Published 24 February 1997; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2867 (1997)
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Abstract

We present a microscopic analysis of the instability of the nematic phase to chirality when molecular chirality is introduced perturbatively. We show that for central-force interactions the previously neglected short–range biaxial correlations play a crucial role in determining the cholesteric pitch. We propose a pseudoscalar strength which quantifies the chirality of a molecule.

  • Received 12 July 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1476

©1997 American Physical Society

Erratum

Microscopic Origin of Cholesteric Pitch [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1476 (1997)]

A. B. Harris, Randall D. Kamien, and T. C. Lubensky
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2867 (1997)

Authors & Affiliations

A. B. Harris, Randall D. Kamien, and T. C. Lubensky

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

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Vol. 78, Iss. 8 — 24 February 1997

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