Quasicritical heat capacity at a smectic-[Formula Presented]–hexatic-[Formula Presented] phase transition

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

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1808-1818

  Haga, H ^a   Kutnjak, Z ^b   Iannacchione, G S ^a   Qian, S ^c   Finotello, D ^c   Garland, C W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0942278697     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.1808     Document Type: Article

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