Tricritical behavior of the smectic- A to smectic- C phase transition in a liquid crystal mixture

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Das, Asok K ^a   Mukherjee, Prabir K ^b  

^a SURENDRANATH COLLEGE   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWDERS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURES; ORDER PARAMETER (OP); PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT; SECOND ORDER TRANSITIONS; SMECTIC-A; SMECTIC-C PHASE TRANSITION; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31); TRI-CRITICAL POINT (TCP); TRICRITICAL BEHAVIOR;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 47249139203     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2940349     Document Type: Article

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