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Original Articles

Study of the Smectic a Nematic Transition in Octyl and Nonyl Cyanobiphenyl

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Pages 261-264 | Received 10 Sep 1984, Published online: 20 Apr 2011
 

Abstract

A new DSC method is used to study a smectic A to nematic transition. The measurement of the height of the DSC transition peak gives the order of the transition. The smectic A to nematic transition of octyl cyanobiphenyl was found to be second order while the same transition was found to be first order for nonyl cyanobiphenyl.

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