Gaussian tricritical behavior of heat capacity at the smectic-A–smectic-C liquid crystal transition in a racemic mixture of 4-(1-methylheptyloxycarbonyl)phenyl [formula presented]-octyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate

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

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 508-513

  Ema, Kenji ^a   Takagi, Atsushi ^a   Yao, Haruhiko ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0343769203     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.508     Document Type: Article

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