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Title: Effect of smectic ordering on the dielectric properties of reentrant nematic mixtures
Authors: Ratna, B.R.
Shashidhar, R.
Bock, M.
Göbl-wunsch, A.
Heppke, G.
Issue Date: Oct-1983
Publisher: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
Citation: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1983, Vol.99, p285-295
Abstract: We have measured the static dielectric constants b.epsipar and b.epsibottom as well as the low-frequency dispersion of b.epsipar for mixtures of two eutectic compositions exhibiting a reentrant nematic phase over a range of concentration. The dielectric properties of a nematic mixture, whose concentration is close to the critical concentration (Ccr) at which the smectic phase appears, are found to be markedly different from those for a concentration far away from (Ccr). This can be understood as being due to an increase in the smectic like ordering in the nematic phase as the critical concentration is approached.
Description: Restricted Access. Paper presented at the 9th international conference on liquid crystals held at Bangalore in 1982.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2493
ISSN: 1058-725X
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268948308072050
Copyright: 1983 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.
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