BIAXIALITY IN A CYCLIC THERMOTROPIC NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL

Authors
LI JF PERCEC V ROSENBLATT C LAVRENTOVICH OD
Citation
Jf. Li et al., BIAXIALITY IN A CYCLIC THERMOTROPIC NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL, Europhysics letters, 25(3), 1994, pp. 199-204
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
199 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1994)25:3<199:BIACTN>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Birefringence and textural data are presented for a ring-shaped trimer ic liquid crystal. The material apparently undergoes a uniaxial-to-bia xial nematic phase transition as a function of temperature.