POSSIBLE POLAR SMECTIC-A - NONPOLAR SMECTIC-A TRANSITION LINE IN A BINARY-SYSTEM

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作者
SIGAUD, G
HARDOUIN, F
ACHARD, MF
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[1] Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal
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10.1016/0375-9601(79)90515-2
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We show the thermal evolution of the orientational order near nematic-smectic A or smectic A-smectic A transitions which we recently revealed in binary mixtures. We compare the experimental behavior to theoretical predictions of a possible smectic A phase with polarized layers. © 1979.
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