Influence of director fluctuations on the electric-field phase diagrams of nematic liquid crystals

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dc.contributor.author	Dhara, Surajit	-
dc.contributor.author	Madhusudana, N.V.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-14T05:37:16Z	-
dc.date.available	2007-06-14T05:37:16Z	-
dc.date.issued	2004-08-01	-
dc.identifier.citation	Europhysics Letters, 2004, Vol.67, p411-417	en
dc.identifier.issn	0295-5075	-
dc.identifier.issn	1286-4854 (Online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2831	-
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	We report the first experimental high-electric-field phase diagram of a nematic liquid crystal with negative dielectric anisotropy. The variation of the paranematic-nematic transition temperature $(T_{\ab})$ is essentially linear with \|E\|, whereas the Landau-de Gennes theory predicts a quadratic variation. It is argued that the quenching of director fluctuations by the field contributes significantly to the thermodynamics of the transition.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	EDP Sciences	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10078-8	en
dc.rights	2004 EDP Sciences	en
dc.title	Influence of director fluctuations on the electric-field phase diagrams of nematic liquid crystals	en
dc.type	Article	en
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