Effect of a strong electric field on the reentrant nematic to smectic ad phase transition

Journal de Physique I

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1693-1707

  Basappa, Geetha ^a   Govind, A S ^a   Madhusudana, N V ^b  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Vijaya College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CROSSOVER TEMPERATURES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0031269222     PISSN: 11554304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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