Smectic A-Cholesteric liquid crystal phase transition: A density study

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 835-838

  Duarte, E L ^a,b   Palangana, A J ^a   Itri, R ^b   Sampaio, A R ^a   Barbosa, A A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

61.30.Eb Experimental determinations of smectic, nematic, cholesteric, and other structures; 64.70.Md Transitions in liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHOLESTERYL CAPROATE; CHOLESTERYL MYRISTATE; CHOLESTERYL NONANOATE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0032288051     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050509     Document Type: Article

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