TY - GEN AU - Patti, Alessandro AU - El Masri, Djamel AU - van Roij, René AU - Dijkstra, Marjolein PY - 2009 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/10481/98956 AB - Using simulations of hard rods in smectic-𝐴�� states, we find stringlike clusters of up to 10 interlayer rods exhibiting dynamic cooperativity. We also find non-Gaussian diffusion and heterogeneous dynamics due to the equilibrium periodic smectic... LA - eng PB - APS TI - Stringlike clusters and cooperative interlayer permeation in smectic liquid crystals formed by colloidal rods DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.248304 ER -