Non-Landau critical behavior of heat capacity at the smectic-A–smectic-[Formula Presented]transition of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal methylheptyloxycarbonylphenyl octyloxycarbonylbiphenyl carboxylate

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

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 4450-4453

  Ema, Kenji ^a   Yao, Haruhiko ^a   Fukuda, Atsuo ^a   Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 5644227323     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.4450     Document Type: Article

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