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Why the Molecules are Tilted in all Smectic A Phases, and How the Layer Thickness Can be Used to Measure Orientational Disorder*

Adriaan De Vries Liquid Crystal Institute and Department of Physics Kent State University Kent, Ohio, 44242, U.S.A
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Arun Ekachai Liquid Crystal Institute and Department of Physics Kent State University Kent, Ohio, 44242, U.S.A
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N. Spielberg Liquid Crystal Institute and Department of Physics Kent State University Kent, Ohio, 44242, U.S.A
Pages 143-152 | Received 07 Nov 1978, Published online: 20 Apr 2011

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