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Title: Partially bilayer smectic A phase in a terminally non-polar comound
Authors: Ratna, B.R.
Shashidhar, R.
Raja, V.N.
Nagabhushan, C.
Chandrasekhar, S.
Pelzl, G.
Diele, S.
Latif, I.
Demus, D.
Issue Date: 1988
Publisher: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
Citation: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Letters, 1988, Vol.5, p211-217
Abstract: We report the observation of a partially bilayer smectic A phase in n-dodecyl-4-( 4-ethoxybenzylidene amino)-a-methylcinnamate, a compound which does not possess a strongly polar cyano or nitro end group. The ratio of the layer spacing to molecular length is found to be about 1.12. The dielectric anisotropy versus temperature plot exhibits a reversal of sign in the smectic A phase revealing a pronounced dipole-dipole correlation in the longitudinal direc- tion. Such a sign reversal has probably been observed for the first time in a pure smectogenic material.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2998
ISSN: 0140-6566
Copyright: 1988 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.
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