IS THE SMECTIC-NEMATIC TRANSITION IN 8CB 1ST OR 2ND-ORDER

Authors
RIZI V GHOSH SK
Citation
V. Rizi et Sk. Ghosh, IS THE SMECTIC-NEMATIC TRANSITION IN 8CB 1ST OR 2ND-ORDER, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 15(4), 1993, pp. 669-674
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03926737
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
669 - 674
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-6737(1993)15:4<669:ITSTI8>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We present here measurements on the smectic-nematic phase transition i n 8CB using the proton nuclear-magnetic-resonance technique. Our resul ts show that this transition is first order rather than second order a s some observations have suggested.