Optical, resonant X-ray scattering, and calorimetric investigations of two liquid crystal compounds exhibiting the SmA-SmCα*-SmC* transitions
2004
Three experimental measurements have been conducted to investigate the nature of the SmA–SmCα*–SmC* phase transitions of two liquid crystal compounds. The SmA-SmCα* transition shows a continuous transition with XY-like critical exponents. The SmCα*-SmC* transition displays a rapid variation of the incommensurate helical pitch. One of the compounds shows a small jump in the helical pitch, which signals a first order transition and is consistent with high resolution calorimetric results.
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