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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1232| Title: | Phase transitions in liquid crystals under negative pressures |
| Authors: | Manjuladevi, V. Pratibha, R. Madhusudana, N.V. |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
| Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 2002, Vol.88, 055701-4 |
| Abstract: | We report the first measurements of orientational order parameters and phase transition temperatures in nematic and smectic A liquid crystals under negative pressures generated by an isochoric cooling of small droplets embedded in a glass former. Comparison of isobaric and isochoric measurements allows us to estimate the coefficients coupling the order parameter and density of an extended Landau–de Gennes model of the nematic phase. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1232 |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 (online) 0031-9007 |
| Alternative Location: | http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v88/i5/e055701 |
| Copyright: | (2002) by the American Physical Society |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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