Renormalization Group Calculation Applied to the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition
- 20 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 41 (8) , 223-227
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268947808070304
Abstract
The renormalization group technique is used to calculate the difference between Tc, the nematic-isotropic transition temperature and T* the temperature at which the reciprocal of the light scattering intensity extrapolates to zero. The model free energy is the Landau de Gennes form. This calculation gives results which are in better agreement with experiment than the mean field approximation resultsKeywords
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