Phase transitions among the rotator phases of the normal alkanes: A review

Physics Reports

Volumn 588, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-54

  Mukherjee, Prabir K ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Landau theory; Phase transitions; Rotator phases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937517782     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2015.05.005     Document Type: Review

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