Articles
Biaxial smectic-A∗ phase and its possible misidentification as a smectic-Cα* phase, Physical Review E (2011)
The biaxial smectic-A* (Sm-AB*) phase, appearing in the phase sequence Sm-A*–Sm-AB*–Sm-C*, is analyzed using Landau...
de Vries Behavior in Smectics near a Biaxiality Induced Smectic A - Smectic C Tricritical Point, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals (2009)
We show that a generalized Landau theory for the smectic A and C phases exhibits...
De Vries Behavior of the Electroclinic Effect in the Smectic-A* Phase Near a Biaxiality-Induced Smectic-A*–Smectic-C* Tricritical Point, Physical Review E (2009)
Using a generalized Landau theory involving orientational, layering, tilt, and biaxial order parameters we analyze...
De Vries Behavior in Smectic Liquid Crystals Near a Biaxiality-Induced Smectic-A-Smectic-C Tricritical Point, Physical Review E (2008)
We show that a generalized Landau theory for the smectic-A-smectic-C (Sm- A -Sm- C )...
Disordering to Order: de Vries Behavior from a Landau Theory for Smectic Phases (with Daniel Hernandez, Staci Pearson, and John Toner), Physical Review Letters (2007)
We show that Landau theory for the isotropic (I), nematic (N), smectic-A, and smectic-C phases...
Hydrodynamics of Polar Liquid Crystals (with William Kung and Cristina M. Marchetti), Physical Review E (2006)
Starting from a microscopic definition of an alignment vector proportional to the polarization, we discuss...
Pattern Stabilization through Parameter Alternation in a Nonlinear Optical System (with John P. Sharpe, P. L. Ramazza, and Nilgun Sungar), Physical Review Letters (2006)
We report the first experimental realization of pattern formation in a spatially extended nonlinear system...
Elasticity, fluctuations, and vortex pinning in ferromagnetic superconductors: A columnar elastic glass (with A. M. Ettouhami, Leo Radzihovsky, and John Toner), Physical Review B (2005)
We study the elasticity, fluctuations, and pinning of a putative spontaneous vortex solid in ferromagnetic...
Mean-field theory of collective transport with phase slips (with J. M. Schwarz, M. Christina Marchetti, and A. Alan Middleton), Physical Review B (2004)
The driven transport of plastic systems in various disordered backgrounds is studied within mean field...
Driven Depinning of Strongly Disordered Media and Anisotropic Mean-Field Limits (with M. Christina Marchetti, A. Alan Middleton, and J. M. Schwarz), Physical Review Letters (2003)
Extended systems driven through strong disorder are modeled generically using coarse-grained degrees of freedom that...
Viscoelasticity from a microscopic model of dislocation dynamics (with M. Christina Marchetti), Physical Review B (2002)
It is shown that the dynamics of a viscoelastic medium can be modeled as that...
“Soft” Anharmonic Vortex Glass in Ferromagnetic Superconductors (with Leo Radzihovsky, A. M. Ettouhami, and John Toner), Physical Review Letters (2001)
Ferromagnetic order in superconductors can induce a spontaneous vortex (SV) state. For external field H...
A Discotic Disguised as a Smectic: A Hybrid Columnar Bragg Glass (with Leo Radzihovsky and John Toner), Physical Review Letters (2000)
We show that discotics, lying deep in the columnar phase, can exhibit an x-ray scattering...
Topologically ordered phases of smectics confined in anisotropic random media: smectic Bragg glasses (with Brad Jacobsen, Leo Radzihovsky, and John Toner), Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2000)
We report the existence of two new topologically ordered glass phases of smectics in strained...
Two New Topologically Ordered Glass Phases of Smectics Confined in Anisotropic Random Media (with Brad Jacobsen, Leo Radzihovsky, and John Toner), Physical Review Letters (1999)
Smectics in strained aerogel exhibit two new glassy phases. The strain both ensures the stability...