A Molecular Theory of Re-entrant Polymorphism in Pure Liquid Crystals
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 64 (7-8) , 253-259
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01406568108080173
Abstract
Here we develop a molecular theory for the re-entrant nematic and smectic A mesophases by extending McMillan's treatment of the smectic A phase.Keywords
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