Elastic constants of an achiral smectic-C material

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 277, Issue , 2002, Pages 35-45

  Findon, Alison ^a   Gleeson, Helen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Layer structure; Smectic C* elastic constants

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOMETRY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; FREEDERICKSZ TRANSITION; LAYER STRUCTURE; NEMATIC PHASE RANGE; SMECTIC-C;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 3342921184     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190214449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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