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A P-V-T Test of the Preferred Density Model for Reentrant Nematics

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Pages 169-175 | Received 04 Apr 1986, Published online: 02 Dec 2013
 

ABSTRACT

The hypothesis of Pershan and Prost, that the reentrant nematic phase occurs because the smectic A phase can exist only near an optimum density, is tested and found to be in substantial disagreement with experiment.

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