Phenomenological Theory of Phase Transition from Isotropic to Uniaxial, Biaxial, and Reentrant Nematic Phases in Achiral Liquid Crystals.

Autor: Prostakov, A. E., Larin, E. S., Stryukov, M. B.
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Zdroj: Crystallography Reports; Nov2002, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p1041, 8p
Abstrakt: The topological properties of phase diagrams of liquid crystals with achiral molecules (mesogens) were studied for transitions from the isotropic to uniaxial and biaxial phases by using the phenomenological Landau-de Gennes theory. An isostructural phase transition between two uniaxial nematic phases was investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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