Smectic-A and smectic-C phases and phase transitions in 8̅ S5 liquid-crystal-aerosil gels
High-resolution x-ray scattering studies of the nonpolar thermotropic liquid crystal 4-n-pentylphenylthiol-4′-n-octyloxybenzoate (8̅ S5) in aerosil gel nanonetworks reveal that the aerosil-induced disorder significantly alters both the nematic to smectic-A and smectic-A to smectic-C phase transition...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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American Physical Society (APS)
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68654 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6458-1866 |