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  2. Pretransitional Effects in the Isotropic Phase of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal
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Abstract

We report quantitative observations of the pretransitional fluctuations in short-range nematic order and the divergence of the magnetic birefringence in the isotropic phase of a lyotropic liquid crystal. The results are analyzed to obtain the anisotropy of the diamagnetic susceptibility and the coefficients in a Landau expansion of the free energy.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevA.28.1890
Publication Date
1983-09-01
Publication Title
Physical Review A
Volume
28
Issue
3
First Page
1890
Last Page
1892
Subject
Community
Department of Physics
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Kumar, S., Litster, J., & Rosenblatt, C. (1983). Pretransitional Effects in the Isotropic Phase of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal. Physical Review A. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.28.1890
Kumar, Satyendra, J. Litster, and Charles Rosenblatt. 1983. “Pretransitional Effects in the Isotropic Phase of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal”. Physical Review A. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.28.1890.
Kumar, S., J. Litster, and C. Rosenblatt. Pretransitional Effects in the Isotropic Phase of a Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal. Physical Review A, 1 Sept. 1983, doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.28.1890.