Coupling between nematic and smectic ordering in reentrant nematic systems

Shashidhar, R.; Somasekhara, S.; Ratna, B.R.

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dc.contributor.author	Shashidhar, R.	-
dc.contributor.author	Somasekhara, S.	-
dc.contributor.author	Ratna, B.R.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2007-05-23T06:43:10Z	-
dc.date.available	2007-05-23T06:43:10Z	-
dc.date.issued	1986-03	-
dc.identifier.citation	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1986, Vol.133, p19-29	en
dc.identifier.issn	1058-725X	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2363	-
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	We present here experimental evidence of the coupling between smectic and nematic ordering in systems exhibiting the reentrant nematic phase. Pressure-temperature diagrams of a large number of systems have been studied. In every case the major axis of the elliptically shaped smectic A-nematic phase boundary is found to be nearly parallel to the nematic-isotropic phase boundary although the slopes vary widely from system to system. Similar correlations are also shown to exist in the temperature-concentration diagram of binary systems. A few representative phase diagrams are presented which illustrate this point.	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	-
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268948608079558	en
dc.rights	1986 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.	en
dc.subject	smectic-nematic coupling	en
dc.subject	reentrant nematics	en
dc.subject	phase diagrams	en
dc.title	Coupling between nematic and smectic ordering in reentrant nematic systems	en
dc.type	Article	en
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