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dc.contributor.authorChandrasekhar, S.-
dc.contributor.authorRamaseshan, S.-
dc.contributor.authorReshamwala, A.S.-
dc.contributor.authorSadashiva, B.K.-
dc.contributor.authorShashidhar, R.-
dc.contributor.authorSurendranath, V.-
dc.date.accessioned2005-12-27T10:53:05Z-
dc.date.available2005-12-27T10:53:05Z-
dc.date.issued1975-
dc.identifier.citationPramana Supplement, 1975, Vol. 1, p117-129.en
dc.identifier.issn0304-4289-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/897-
dc.descriptionProceedings of the international liquid crystal conference, Bangalore, 1973.en
dc.description.abstractThe paper reports the discovery of mesomorphism induced by pressure in materials that do not exhibit the liquid crystalline phase at atmospheric pressure. This observation verifies a prediction of the theory of melting of molecular crystals. Experiments were conducted on the first two members of the p-n- alkoxybenzoic acid series. These two compounds, the methoxy- and ethoxybenzoic acids, do not form liquid crystals at atmospheric pressure whereas the third and higher homologues do. However, as the pressure is raised both compounds exhibit mesophases, initially a nematic phase and then, at higher pressures, a smectic phase as well. Experimental phase diagrams are presented which establish for the first time the existence of the solid-nematic-isotropic and solid- smectic-nematic triple points in single component systems.en
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dc.publisherIndian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.en
dc.rightsIndian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.en
dc.titlePressure induced mesomorphismen
dc.typeArticleen
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