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Critical behaviour at the isotropic–nematic and nematic–smectic A phase transitions of 4‐butyloxyphenyl 4′‐decyloxybenzoate liquid crystal from refractive index data

S. Yildiz Laboratorium voor Akoestiek en Thermische Fysica, Departement Natuurkunde en Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B‐3001 Leuven, Belgium; Physics Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Istanbul Techincal University, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
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H. Özbek Laboratorium voor Akoestiek en Thermische Fysica, Departement Natuurkunde en Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B‐3001 Leuven, Belgium; Physics Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Istanbul Techincal University, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey; Feza Gursey Institute, 34684 Cengelköy, Istanbul, Turkey
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C. Glorieux Laboratorium voor Akoestiek en Thermische Fysica, Departement Natuurkunde en Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B‐3001 Leuven, Belgium
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J. Thoen Laboratorium voor Akoestiek en Thermische Fysica, Departement Natuurkunde en Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B‐3001 Leuven, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 611-620 | Received 04 Jul 2006, Accepted 13 Feb 2007, Published online: 02 May 2007

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