Simultaneous calorimetric and optical reflectivity measurements of extremely thin liquid crystal films |
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| Authors: | T. Stoebe C. C. Huang |
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| Affiliation: | School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota , 55455 , U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract An extremely sensitive measuring system has been developed to obtain simultaneously heat capacity and optical reflectivity data from thin free-standing liquid crystal films. Results from 3(10)OBC near the smectic A to hexatic B transition will be reported and discussed in the context of recent theory regarding phase transitions in two dimensions. |
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