Effect of confinement and strain on the specific heat and latent heat over the nematic-isotropic phase transition of 8CB liquid crystal

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 14315-14322

  Zammit, U ^a   Marinelli, M ^a   Mercuri, F ^a   Paoloni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; HYSTERESIS; LATENT HEAT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILICA; SPECIFIC HEAT;

AEROSILS; BULK MATERIALS; FIRST-ORDER; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOR; IMAGINARY PARTS; MILLIPORE MEMBRANES; NEMATIC ISOTROPIC PHASE TRANSITION; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITION; PEAKED STRUCTURE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SILICA CONCENTRATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STRAIN CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE PEAKS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 70350391860     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9074702     Document Type: Article

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