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January 1995 Liquid-Crystal Notation in Physical Review A and Physical Review EPlease note the style followed in Physical Review A and Physical Review E for liquid-crystal notation. The following abbreviations are standard for liquid-crystal phases. (They should be defined at first appearance in text.)
smectic-A, Sm-A “Smectic” must be an adjective in the title and the first occurrence in text. “Smectics” as a noun is acceptable later in the manuscript. The word “nematogen” is not printed and should be replaced by “nematic liquid crystal.” Nematogen $\longrightarrow$ nematic liquid crystal Transitions with long arrows and temperatures have the temperature printed in miniletters below the arrows: Sm-A $\mathop{\longleftrightarrow}\limits_{500 ℃}$ I $\mathop{\longleftrightarrow}\limits_{520 ℃}$ crystal |
