Smectic-A and smectic-C phases and phase transitions in 8̅ S5 liquid-crystal-aerosil gels

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 trans...

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Main Authors: Garland, Carl W. (Contributor), Freelon, Byron (Author), Ramazanoglu, M. (Author), Chung, P. J. (Author), Page, R. N. (Author), Lo, Yuan-Tse (Author), Valdivia, P. (Author), Birgeneau, R. J. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS), 2012-01-25T20:11:32Z.
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