Tricritical Points in Mixtures of Polar Liquid Crystals

1 February 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Vol. 212 (1) , 305-311
https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259208037271

Abstract

A general molecular theory of liquid crystal mixtures is presented. The phase transitions between polar and nonpolar smectic phases are discussed. The tricritical point occurence is shown.

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