Publication: X-Ray Studies of Tilted Hexatic Phases in Thin Liquid-Crystal Films
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1985
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Sirota, E. B., Peter S. Pershan, L. B. Sorensen, and J. Collett. 1985. X-ray studies of tilted hexatic phases in thin liquid-crystal films. Physical Review Letter 55(19): 2039–2042.
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X-ray-diffraction studies of the structures and phase transitions of the tilted hexatic phases (smectic F and smectic I) in thin liquid-crystal films of 4-n-heptyloxybenzylidene-4-n-heptylaniline (70.7) are reported. The measured correlation lengths were strongly anisotropic in both phases. The smectic-I to smectic-F transition is first order as expected from the symmetry change. The smectic-F to smectic-G transition is first order with strong pretransition effects and becomes nearly second order as the film thickness is decreased.
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