Smectic-Ato -Cphase transition in isotropic disordered environments
Smectic-Ato -Cphase transition in isotropic disordered environments
We study theoretically the smectic-$A$ to -$C$ phase transition in isotropic disordered environments. Surprisingly, we find that, as in the clean smectic-$A$ to -$C$ phase transition, smectic layer fluctuations do not affect the nature of the transition, in spite of the fact that they are much stronger in the presence …