High-resolution heat-capacity studies of the hexatic-B–smectic-F phase transition in liquid-crystal compounds

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Johnson, P M ^a   Huang, C C ^a   Gorecka, E ^b   Pociecha, D ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 0038167960     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.R1207     Document Type: Article

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