The Pre-Transitional Effect in Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals: A Comparison between Theory and Experiment

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

Volumn 328, Issue , 1999, Pages 65-73

  Mottram, Nigel J ^a   Beccherelli, Romeo ^a   Elston, Steve J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric; Optical anisotropy; Order parameter theory; Pre transitional effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042227223     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259908026046     Document Type: Article

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