Magnetic field dependence of the nematic-isotropic transition temperature
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 24 (4) , 2236-2238
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.24.2236
Abstract
The nematic-isotropic transition temperature was measured by means of an optical technique as a function of applied magnetic field for the material octyl-cyanobiphenyl. The results represent the first unambiguous demonstration of the magnetic field term in the thermodynamic equation for a liquid-crystal phase transition.Keywords
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