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Title: Phase transitions and critical phenomena in polar smectic A liquid crystals
Authors: Shashidhar, R.
Ratna, B.R.
Issue Date: 1989
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Citation: Liquid Crystals, 1989, Vol.5, p421 - 442
Abstract: Since the discovery of a phase transition between two polymorphic forms of the smectic A phase, there has been a considerable amount of experimental as well as theoretical work on strongly polar materials exhibiting different smectic A phases. These studies have led to the observation of a variety of new phase transitions and critical phenomena which are rarely encountered in any other area of condensed matter physics. We review briefly some of these important results.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2915
ISSN: 0267-8292
1366-5855 (online)
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298908045394
Copyright: 1989 Taylor & Francis
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