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
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影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
P. Gennes
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作者:
P. Gennes
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.