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Abstract
A nematic gel of a fatty substituted urea (3–4 Wt.%) in decane is studied optically and thermodynamically. Typical nematic schlieren textures are observed. Shear and compression forces distort these textures, but applied electric and magnetic fields are ineffective until one reaches the gel-isotropic transition temperature.