Continuous paranematic-to-nematic ordering transitions of liquid crystals in tubular silica nanochannels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Kityk, Andriy V ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^b   Knorr, Klaus ^b   Morineau, Denisx ^c   Lefort, Ronan ^c   Huber, Patrick ^b  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICA;

BULK PHASE TRANSITION; CONFINED LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; LANDAU-DE-GENNES MODEL; OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; QUENCHED DISORDER; SILICA NANOCHANNELS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 55149124212     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.187801     Document Type: Article

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