Can elemental bismuth be a liquid crystal?

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 374, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 3982-3986

  Argaman, Nathan ^a  

^a NRCN   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

AMBIENT PRESSURES; BOND ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; COOLING RATES; FIRST ORDER; LIQUID-LIQUID TRANSITION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 77955927651     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2010.07.067     Document Type: Article

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