The SmecticA-SmecticCPhase Transition: a Molecular Statistical Theory
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 3 (3) , 341-346
- https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/3/3/015
Abstract
A simple, thermodynamically consistent theory for the smectic C phase is presented, which is based on the static, molecular quadrupole-quadrupole interaction.Keywords
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