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Experimental determination of the curvature-induced reduction in the smectic A-nematic transition point

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dc.contributor.authorMadhusudana, N.V.
dc.contributor.authorSrikanta, B.S.
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-28T05:16:46Z
dc.date.available2007-05-28T05:16:46Z
dc.date.issued1983-10
dc.descriptionRestricted Access. Paper presented at the 9th international conference on liquid crystals held at Bangalore in 1982.en
dc.description.abstractOn the basis of an analogy between smectic A-nematic and superconductor-normal metal transitions, de Gennes has predicted that a twist or bend distortion should reduce TAN with respect to that of a curvature-free sample. We report measurements of the reduction of TAN on samples prepared in two different geometries. In the first, a magnetically induced twist distortion has been used to obtain preliminary data on 8 OCB and CBOOA samples. In the second, a wedge-shaped twisted nematic cell has been used to get quantitative data on the reduction of TAN of CBOOA as a function of twist distortion.en
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dc.identifier.citationMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1983, Vol.99, p375-383en
dc.identifier.issn1058-725X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/2491
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherGordon and Breach Science Publishers.en
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268948308072056en
dc.rights1983 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.en
dc.titleExperimental determination of the curvature-induced reduction in the smectic A-nematic transition pointen
dc.typeArticleen

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