Biaxial nematic liquid crystals in low molecular weight thermotropic systems

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dc.contributor.author	Chandrasekhar, S.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2013-03-26T11:32:38Z	-
dc.date.available	2013-03-26T11:32:38Z	-
dc.date.issued	1994	-
dc.identifier.citation	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1994, Vpl.243, p1	en
dc.identifier.issn	1542-1406	-
dc.identifier.issn	1563-5287(Online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/5506	-
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	The evidence for the occurrence of the biaxial nematic phase in low molecular weight thermotropic systems is examined. The optical evidence for biaxility appears to be quite unambiguous for all the eleven cases discussed here. X-ray diffraction studies on magnetically aligned samples lend support to the optical evidence, but do not provide independent proof of long range biaxial orientational order. No X-ray studies on monodomain specimens have yet been reported. A noteworthy result, intriguing from the theoretical point of view, is that the isotropic phase transforms directly to the biaxial nematic phase in a first order transition for all the eleven compounds.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10587259408037758	en
dc.rights	1994 Taylor & Francis	en
dc.title	Biaxial nematic liquid crystals in low molecular weight thermotropic systems	en
dc.type	Article	en
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