Study of dipole dynamics and pre-transitional effects at isotropic to nematic phase transition by low-frequency dielectric relaxation measurements

Phase Transitions

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1037-1045

  George, A K ^a   Al Hinai, Mariam ^a   Potukuchi, D M ^b   Al Harthi, S H ^a   Carboni, C ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dielectric permittivity; Dielectric relaxation; Nematic liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERMITTIVITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; THERMAL MICROSCOPY (TM);

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 9544223988     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141159031000114865     Document Type: Article

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