Sm A - Sm C tricritical point in TBBA and TBDA mixtures

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

Volumn 366, Issue , 2001, Pages 61-68

  Alapati, P R ^a   Arulsankar, A ^a   Gogoi, B ^a   Ghosh, T K ^a   Nagappa, ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

First order transition; Sm a Sm c transition; Tricritical point

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037952648     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108023948     Document Type: Article

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