Lenticular Fracture of a Smectic Liquid Crystal

Lenticular Fracture of a Smectic Liquid Crystal
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近晶液晶的透镜状断裂

DOI:
10.1209/0295-5075/13/8/007
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发表时间:
1990
期刊:
EPL
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
P. Gennes
P. Gennes
中科院分区:
物理与天体物理4区
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作者:
P. Gennes

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我们讨论了格里菲斯问题,其中一个薄腔(平行于近晶层)被拉伸应力σ0(垂直于近晶面)。腔体(两个球帽以固定角度2θ0相交)的形状与用简单弹性介质得到的格里菲斯椭球体非常不同:其形状可以用微晶学的重整化表面张力来理解。这种“透镜状”断裂模式只有在层是刚性的情况下才能观察到,例如,两种均聚物A和B的交替层,其中A是熔融的,而B是玻璃状的。对于较软的材料,波动不稳定性应该占上风。
We discuss the Griffith problem, where a thin cavity (parallel to the smectic layers) is extended by a tensile stress σ0 (normal to the smectic planes). The shape of the cavity (two spherical caps intersecting at a fixed angle 2θ0) is very different from the Griffith ellipsoid, obtained with simple elastic media: the shape can be understood in terms of the renormalized surface tension of smectics. This "lenticular" fracture mode is observable only when the layers are stiff, e.g., with alternate layers of two homopolymers A and B where A is molten, but B is glassy. With softer materials, undulation instabilities should prevail.