Observation of a possible tetrahedratic phase in a bent-core liquid crystal

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

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Wiant, D ^a   Neupane, K ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Gleeson, J T ^a   Sprunt, S ^a   Jakli A ^a   Pradhan, N ^b   Iannacchione, G ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDICS; FLUIDS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POWDERS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (APS); EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID FLOWING; HEAT CAPACITIES; ISOTROPIC PHASES; MAGN ETIC FIELD; MASS DENSITIES; NEMATIC ORDERS; OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; POINT TEMPERATURE; SCATTERED LIGHT; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31);

LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY;

EID: 44849126396     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.061701     Document Type: Article

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