Effect of nonmesogenic impurities on the liquid crystalline phase transitions of octylcyanobiphenyl

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

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Denolf, Katleen ^a   Cordoyiannis, George ^a   Glorieux, Christ ^a   Thoen, Jan ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; FREE ENERGY; IMPURITIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHENOLIC RESINS;

ADIABATIC SCANNING CALORIMETRY; CYCLOHEXANE (CH); TRICRITICAL POINT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 36049008756     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.051702     Document Type: Article

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