Dielectric relation in liquid crystals with the nematic and smectic A polymorphism

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作者
Urban, S
Novotna, E
Kresse, H
Dabrowski, R
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[1] UNIV HALLE WITTENBERG,INST PHYS CHEM,HALLE,GERMANY
[2] MIL UNIV TECHNOL,WARSAW,POLAND
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10.1080/10587259508033530
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
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Dielectric relaxation studies are reported of several substances exhibiting the nematic (N) and smectic A (Sm A) polymorphism. From the relaxation times tau(parallel to) characterizing molecular reorientations around the short axes the activation enthalpies Delta H-parallel to for both phases were calculated. It was found that Delta H-parallel to(N) is markedly larger than Delta H-parallel to(SmA). The effect is interpreted on the basis of existing models of Sm A phase.
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