DETERMINATION OF THE TRANSLATIONAL ORDER PARAMETER IN THE LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE SMECTIC-A PHASE USING THE X-RAY-DIFFRACTION METHOD

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作者
FAN, ZX
HAASE, W
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[1] Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, D 6100 Darmstadt
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10.1063/1.461576
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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On the basis of our recently suggested fan-shaped scattering model [J. Chem. Phys. 92, 5099 (1990)], a method to calculate the translational order parameter-tau for the uniaxially oriented liquid crystalline smectic phase is suggested. Using this method, tau is determined from the scattering profiles of the two-dimensional inner reflexes for two samples of the liquid crystalline side chain polymer in their smectic A phase. The relationship between tau and the orientational order parameter <P2> is discussed.
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