First-order character of the smectic-A to chiral nematic transition in chiral liquid-crystal mixtures

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

Volumn 67, Issue 3 1, 2003, Pages

  Jamee P ^a   Pitsi, G ^a   Thoen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; ENTROPY; MIXTURES; SPECIFIC HEAT;

ADIABATIC SCANNING CALORIMETRY; CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURES; LATENT HEAT; NONCHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTAL OCTYLOXYCYANOBIPHENYL;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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