X-ray scattering by cybotactic nematic mesophases
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 77 (3) , 1252-1254
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.77.3.1252
Abstract
A structural model is proposed to account fully for observed x-ray scattering by certain nematic mesophases above their transition to smectic-C phases. In an external magnetic field, the constituent molecules tend to align into nearly periodic parallel chains that give rise to disc-like intensity distributions along the meridian in reciprocal space. Close to the transition temperature, the chains aggregate into parallel sheets which cause a ring-shaped intensity rise in these dises. The planar array in the cybotactic nematic bears a close similarity to that in cholesteric mesophases.Keywords
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