Annotation
It is shown that the optical activity of molecules which form the cholesteric liquid crystals must lead to a vectorial orientational order. It is suggested that the structure of this new type can be identified from the observation of "weak" optical activity.
© 2016 Publisher M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
Authors
G.A. Lyakhov, V.A. Makarov
Department of General Physics and Wave Processes, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
Department of General Physics and Wave Processes, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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