Nature of the Blue-Phase-III–isotropic critical point: An analogy with the liquid-gas transition

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 582-595

  Anisimov, M A ^a   Agayan, V A ^a   Collings, P J ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0000178068     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.57.582     Document Type: Article

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