Title:	Effect of the I* phase temperature range on the nature of the tilted fluid to hexatic transition
Authors:	Raja, V.N. Krishna Prasad, S. Shankar Rao, D.S. Goodby, J.W. Neubert, M.E.
Issue Date:	Sep-1991
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Citation:	Ferroelectrics, 1991, Vol.121, p235 - 245
Abstract:	High precision layer spacing measurements have been carried out in the C* and I* phases of a number of compounds. The results suggest that the temperature range of the I* phase influences the nature of the tilted fluid to hexatic transition. For smaller ranges of I*, the C* phase evolves continuously to I*. The curves for the temperature variation of the layer spacing indicate that with increasing range of I* one may expect to observe a critical point followed by a line of first-order transitions. The presence of a second hexatic phase, viz., F* below I* also appears to play an important role in determining the nature of the C*-I* transition.
Description:	Restricted Access. Proceedings of the 3rd international ferroelectric liquid crystals conference, Boulder, 1991
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2987
ISSN:	0015-0193 1521-0464 (Online)
Alternative Location:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00150199108217628
Copyright:	1991 Taylor & Francis
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (SCM)

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