Observation of novel liquid-crystalline phase above the bulk-melting temperature

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2155011-2155014

  Gautam, Keshav S ^a   Kumar, Satyendra ^b   Wermeille, Didier ^c   Robinson, Doug ^d   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HYSTERESIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MELTING; MONOLAYERS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BULK-MELTING TEMPERATURE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0038721649     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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