Open AccessWe report results of calorimetric and optical investigations of binary mixtures of rodlike and bent-shaped molecules. We find that the observed critical heat anomaly associated with the smectic-A(2) to biaxial smectic-A(2b) transition is well described with a Fisher-renormalized form of the usual scaling expression. The effect of renormalization is large in this system in part because of the moderately steep slope of the phase boundary (dT(c)/dX similar to 100 K, where X is the mole fraction of the bent-core molecules) and in part because of the proximity to the tricritical point. The magnitude of heat anomaly at the smectic-A(2)-smectic-A(2)b transition showed a drastic decrease as X becomes smaller. Moreover, the nematic-smecti...
Restricted Access.The phase diagram has been established for binary mixtures of nonyloxy-biphenyl cy...
The high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric technique has been used to investigate the nemat...
The investigation of liquid crystal (LC) mixtures is of great interest in tailoring material propert...
Open AccessWe report results of calorimetric studies for the binary mixture of rodlike host n-alkylo...
High-resolution x-ray diffraction studies have been performed on the polar liquid-crystal binary mix...
High resolution X-ray scattering experiments, which measure the critical smectic A fluctuations in t...
A detailed study has been performed for mixtures of octyloxycyanobiphenyl (8OCB) and nonyloxycyanobi...
Liquid crystals is a class of materials possessing properties from both solids and fluids. Similar t...
A high-resolution temperature-concentration diagram and detailed differential scanning calorimetry d...
A high resolution X-ray study is presented of the nematic to smectic A$_1$ phase transition in 8OPCB...
The high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric technique has been used to investigate the nemat...
[[abstract]]High-resolution ac calorimetric, x-ray, and light-scattering measurements have been made...
The two main classes of liquid-crystal (LC) phases of rodlike molecules are nematics, where the rods...
High-resolution x-ray scattering experiments to study the critical smectic-A fluctuations in the nem...
The experimental observation of a phase transition between two uniaxial nematic liquid-crystalline p...
Restricted Access.The phase diagram has been established for binary mixtures of nonyloxy-biphenyl cy...
The high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric technique has been used to investigate the nemat...
The investigation of liquid crystal (LC) mixtures is of great interest in tailoring material propert...
Open AccessWe report results of calorimetric studies for the binary mixture of rodlike host n-alkylo...
High-resolution x-ray diffraction studies have been performed on the polar liquid-crystal binary mix...
High resolution X-ray scattering experiments, which measure the critical smectic A fluctuations in t...
A detailed study has been performed for mixtures of octyloxycyanobiphenyl (8OCB) and nonyloxycyanobi...
Liquid crystals is a class of materials possessing properties from both solids and fluids. Similar t...
A high-resolution temperature-concentration diagram and detailed differential scanning calorimetry d...
A high resolution X-ray study is presented of the nematic to smectic A$_1$ phase transition in 8OPCB...
The high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric technique has been used to investigate the nemat...
[[abstract]]High-resolution ac calorimetric, x-ray, and light-scattering measurements have been made...
The two main classes of liquid-crystal (LC) phases of rodlike molecules are nematics, where the rods...
High-resolution x-ray scattering experiments to study the critical smectic-A fluctuations in the nem...
The experimental observation of a phase transition between two uniaxial nematic liquid-crystalline p...
Restricted Access.The phase diagram has been established for binary mixtures of nonyloxy-biphenyl cy...
The high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric technique has been used to investigate the nemat...
The investigation of liquid crystal (LC) mixtures is of great interest in tailoring material propert...