Digital image processing study of a reentrant isotropic-discotic nematic phase transition

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 422, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sampaio, A R ^a   Kimura, N M ^a   Viscovini, R C ^a   Fernandes, P R G ^a   Palangana, A J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Discotic nematic; Reentrant isotropic

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; INTEGRATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; TEXTURES;

ANISOTROPIC MICELLES; DISCOTIC NEMATIC; REENTRANT ISOTROPICS; THERMOTROPIC SYSTEMS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 9144248369     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400490502021     Document Type: Article

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