Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-8-2003
Abstract
An investigation on light scattering above the nematic - smectic-A phase transition in binary mixtures of bent-core mesogens and calamitic was performed. With dopant concentration X, the regular part of the bend elastic constant decreased strongly. It was found that the divergent part of the bend elastic constant decreased rapidly with X, when close to the nematic - smectic-A phase transition temperature.
Keywords
doping (additives), light scattering, phase transitions, smectic liquid crystals, dopant concentration, mesogens, nematic liquid crystals, binary mixtures
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Rights
Copyright 2003 by the American Physical Society.
Recommended Citation
Light Scattering Investigation Above the Nematic-Smectic-A Phase Transition in Binary Mixtures of Calamitic and Bent-Core Mesogens. Dodge M.R., Petschek R.G., Rosenblatt C., Neubert M.E., Walsh M.E., Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 68:3 1, 317031-317036, 2003.