Comment on "Photon transmission technique for studying multiple phase transitions in a liquid crystal"

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作者
Etchegoin, P
Nöllmann, M
机构
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England
[2] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Inst Balseiro, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
[3] Univ Nacl Cuyo, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 2000年 / 61卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevE.61.7256
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Contrary to the recently published results by Ozbek et al. [Phys. Rev. E 59, 6798 (1999)], we argue that the transmitted light intensity through an unoriented sample is by no means a good measure of the order parameters of the different phase transitions of a liquid crystal.
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页码:7256 / 7258
页数:3
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