Figure 7
(a) X-ray intensity distribution from SmA correlations in an anisotropic aerosil gel ( g cm−3). The underlying nematic order is long range while the SmA order is short range. (b) The sample mosaic spread for anisotropic gel samples of density g cm−3 (circles) and g cm−3 (squares) at 300.1 K. Reprinted figure with permission from Liang et al., 2004). J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 16, S1989–S2002. Copyright (2004) by the Institute of Physics Publishing. |