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Landau second order to tricritical crossover behaviour for smectic A-smectic C* transitions

T. Chan Center for Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, U.S.A.
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Ch. Bahr Iwan-N.-Stranski-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, D-1000, Berlin, Germany
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G. Heppke Iwan-N.-Stranski-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, D-1000, Berlin, Germany
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C. W. Garland Center for Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, U.S.A.
Pages 667-675 | Received 28 Sep 1992, Accepted 09 Dec 1992, Published online: 24 Sep 2006

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