Induced smectic phases in phase diagrams of binary nematic liquid crystal mixtures

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Huang, Tsang Min ^a   McCreary, Kathleen ^b   Garg, Shila ^b   Kyu, Thein ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC INTERACTION; BINARY NEMATIC MIXTURES; CRYSTAL SOLIDIFICATION; FLORY-HUGGINS FREE ENERGIES; HEXAGONAL ORDERING; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; ISOTROPIC MIXING; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; MESOPHASES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURES; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC; ORDER PARAMETER; ORDERED PHASE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; PHASE FIELDS; SMECTIC B; SMECTIC ORDERING; SMECTIC PHASE; SMECTIC PHASIS; SMECTIC-A; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPLEXATION; FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 79953296239     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3567100     Document Type: Article

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