Influence of nematic range on birefringence, heat capacity and elastic modulus near a nematic–smectic-[Formula Presented] phase transition

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

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 5566-5574

  Beaubois, F ^a   Claverie, T ^a   Marcerou, J P ^a   Rouillon, J C ^a   Nguyen, H T ^a   Garland, C W ^b   Haga, H ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 4243540193     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.5566     Document Type: Article

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