Temperature dependence of pitch and twist elastic constant in a cholesteric to smectic a phase transition

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1497-1501

  Zhang, F ^a   Yang, D K ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0036902829     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267829021000041477     Document Type: Article

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