| Issue |
EPL
Volume 84, Number 3, November 2008
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| Article Number | 36006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/84/36006 | |
| Published online | 29 October 2008 | |
Influence of smectic liquid crystals on the Poisson-Boltzmann distribution of ions near charged surfaces
Raman Research Institute - C. V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080, India
Corresponding author: aroy@rri.res.in
Received:
6
May
2008
Accepted:
30
September
2008
We have developed a model for the distribution of ions in a sample of smectic-A liquid crystal taken between two charged plates, by including an appropriate one-dimensionally periodic potential. In samples which are in contact with an external reservoir, there is an influx of ions to the cell attracted by the minima in the periodic potential, effectively reducing the screening length compared to the Debye length in the nematic phase. The smectic potential has maxima near the plates, which leads to an inward longitudinal pressure unlike in nematic. In the case of sealed cells without any contact with an external reservoir, the ion distribution in the smectic follows closely that in the nematic, except for the oscillations arising from the smectic potential.
PACS: 61.30.-v – Liquid crystals / 61.20.Qg – Structure of associated liquids: electrolytes, molten salts, etc. / 82.45.-h – Electrochemistry and electrophoresis
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