Study of the Smectic a Nematic Transition in Octyl and Nonyl Cyanobiphenyl |
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| Authors: | Patrick Navakd Robert Cox |
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| Affiliation: | IDM Research Laboratory , San Jose, California , 95193 |
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| Abstract: | A new DSC method is used to study a smectic A to nematic transition. The measurement of the height of the DSC transition peak gives the order of the transition. The smectic A to nematic transition of octyl cyanobiphenyl was found to be second order while the same transition was found to be first order for nonyl cyanobiphenyl. |
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