An optical conoscopy study of a reentrant discotic nematic-Biaxial nematic phase transition

被引：23
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作者：
Braga, W. S. [1 ,2 ]
Santos, O. R. [1 ,2 ]
Sampaio, A. R. [1 ]
Kimura, N. M. [1 ]
Simoes, M. [3 ]
Palangana, A. J. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Estadual Maringa, Dept Fis, BR-87020900 Maringa, Parana, Brazil
[2] Univ Tecnol Fed Parana, BR-87301006 Campo Mourao, Parana, Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Londrina, Dept Fis, BR-86051990 Londrina, PR, Brazil
来源：
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS | 2012年 / 170卷
关键词：
Discotic nematic; Biaxial nematic; Optical conoscopy; LYOTROPIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL; ORDER-PARAMETER; TEMPERATURE; MIXTURES; ANISOTROPY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.molliq.2012.03.007
中图分类号：
O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];
学科分类号：
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
A fundamental phase diagram with lyotropic nematic liquid crystals was reported by Yu and Saupe a long time ago. Two uniaxial (calamitic-N-C and discotic-N-D) and one biaxial nematic (N-B) phases were determined by these authors. The phase diagram also predicted the existence of the N-D-N-B-N-D phase transitions. Along the years, this phase diagram has been studied by several authors and yet these phase transitions have not been observed. In this work, we present a study of this phase sequence through optical conoscopy. The occurrence of these phase transitions is here investigated and optically characterized through conoscopic image. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：72 / 75
页数：4
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