Tricritical behaviour of the smectic a to smectic c* Transition for binary liquid crystal mixtures

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 915-921

  Dollase, Thilo ^a   Fung, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0000389511     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678299608032910     Document Type: Article

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