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Title: Induced smectic phases in binary mixtures of a compound having a weakly polar end group and a compound having a non-polar end group
Authors: Suresh, K.A.
Issue Date: Jan-1986
Publisher: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
Citation: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1986, Vol.132 , pages 99-104
Abstract: We have studied the phase diagram of binary mixtures of 4'-n-heptyl-4-bromobiphenyl (a non-mesomorphic compound having a weakly polar terminal group) and 4,4'-di-n-heptyloxyazoxybenzene (a mesomorphic compound having a non-polar terminal group). The mixture exhibits an induced smectic A phase over a wide composition range and also an induced smectic E phase over a narrow composition range. X-ray studies show that the molecular arrangement in the smectic A phase is monolayer for all compositions. We have also observed defects of strength ±pL2 and ±pL3/2 in the nematic phase in a certain composition range of the mixture.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2365
ISSN: 1058-725X
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268948608079531
Copyright: 1986 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.
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