Paranematic-nematic phase transition of a liquid crystal confined to a controlled porous glass

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 299, Issue , 1997, Pages 307-320

  Zidanšek, Aleksander ^a,b   Kralj, Samo ^b   Lahajnar, Gojmir ^b   Žumer, Slobodan ^b   Blinc, Robert ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTROLLED POROUS GLASS (CPG); ELASTIC DISTORTIONS; PARANEMATIC NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITIONS; PENTYLCYANOBIPHENIL LIQUID CRYSTAL; SURFACE INTERACTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0030655049     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259708042009     Document Type: Article

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