High-resolution x-ray scattering study of the effect of quenched random disorder on the nematic-smectic- A transition

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Ramazanoglu, M ^a,d   Larochelle, S ^a   Garland, C W ^b   Birgeneau, R J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAPID QUENCHING; STATIC ANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

AEROSIL NETWORKS; NONPOLAR LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC); STATIC CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE-INDEPENDENT VARIABLES;

ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS;

EID: 34547304142     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.061705     Document Type: Article

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