A New Theory of the Equilibrium Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 80 (1) , 79-104
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948208071023
Abstract
The results of the theory give improved estimates of the athermal limit, the order parameter at the transition and the latent entropy for nematics.Keywords
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