Degree of disorder in cubic mesophases in thermotropics: Thermodynamic study of a liquid crystal showing two cubic mesophases

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

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Saito, Kazuya ^a   Shinhara, Takashi ^a   Nakamoto, Tadahiro ^a   Kutsumizu, Shoichi ^b   Yano, ^b   Sorai, Michio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAINS; CUBIC MESOPHASES; DEGREE OF DISORDER; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41349088355     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.031719     Document Type: Article

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