Abstract
Magnetic- and electric-field effects on the width, surface tension, and velocity of the interphase boundary are calculated for solid-solid and nematic-isotropic first-order phase transitions described by the Landau expansion with a cubic term. The exact solution of the Ginzburg-Landau-de Gennes equation including an external field is obtained. The results are compared with the experimental data in nematic liquid crystals and ferroelectrics.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4181-4184 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics