On a leveraging effect of weak azimuthal inhomogeneities explaining the nonuniqueness of critical Maier-Saupe order parameters
The Maier - Saupe theory of liquid crystals predicts a unique critical order parameter for the transition point of isotropic - nematic phase transitions. Experimental studies have shown that critical order parameters are shifted away from that unique value. We show that micro-defects and weak azimut...
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24599 |
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| Institution: | Mahidol University |