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A model for cholesteric liquid crystals with biaxial molecules is introduced. It is found that the biaxial order parameter for such systems is of order (q₀a)² where a is a molecular length and q₀=2πp where p is the helical pitch. The generalized susceptibility is calculated and is found to predict a fluctuation instability as in uniaxial cholesterics.
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