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  2. Orientational Fluctuations of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal Measured by Quasielastic Light Scattering
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Abstract

The nematic-isotropic and the nematic-to-lamellar phase changes in the lyotropic liquid crystal formed by decylammonium chloride micelles in a water-ammonium chloride solution have been studied by light scattering. The former transition shows behavior identical to that observed in thermotropic liquid crystals. The nematic-lamellar transition appears closely similar to a thermotropic nematic-smectic-A change and the elastic constants diverge according to the analogy to superfluid helium and the three-dimensional xy model.
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Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1672
Publication Date
1983-05-23
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
50
Issue
21
First Page
1672
Last Page
1675
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Kumar, S., Yu, L., & Litster, J. (1983). Orientational Fluctuations of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal Measured by Quasielastic Light Scattering (1–). Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1672
Kumar, Satyendra, L. Yu, and J. Litster. 1983. “Orientational Fluctuations of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal Measured by Quasielastic Light Scattering”. Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1672.
Kumar, Satyendra, et al. Orientational Fluctuations of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal Measured by Quasielastic Light Scattering. Physical Review Letters, 23 May 1983, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1672.