Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.303, 153-158, 1997
Long-Range Interactions, Many-Body Force and Mesophases in Ferroelectric Smectics
The four body force has been shown to be induced in the course to certify the assumptions in the ANNNI model with the third nearest neighbour interaction. The effect of the force at finite temperature is studied, from which this model is shown to be the effective model for the successive phase transitions in ferroelectric smectics. The structures of mesophases appearing in such phase transitions are discussed and the effect of the fluctuation of the tilt angle is examined.