An optical conoscopy study of a reentrant discotic nematic-Biaxial nematic phase transition

被引：23

作者：

Braga, W. S. ^{[1
,2
]}

Santos, O. R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Sampaio, A. R. ^{[1
]}

Kimura, N. M. ^{[1
]}

Simoes, M. ^{[3
]}

Palangana, A. J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Estadual Maringa, Dept Fis, BR-87020900 Maringa, Parana, Brazil

[2] Univ Tecnol Fed Parana, BR-87301006 Campo Mourao, Parana, Brazil

[3] Univ Estadual Londrina, Dept Fis, BR-86051990 Londrina, PR, Brazil

来源：

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS | 2012年 / 170卷

关键词：

Discotic nematic; Biaxial nematic; Optical conoscopy; LYOTROPIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL; ORDER-PARAMETER; TEMPERATURE; MIXTURES; ANISOTROPY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.molliq.2012.03.007

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

A fundamental phase diagram with lyotropic nematic liquid crystals was reported by Yu and Saupe a long time ago. Two uniaxial (calamitic-N-C and discotic-N-D) and one biaxial nematic (N-B) phases were determined by these authors. The phase diagram also predicted the existence of the N-D-N-B-N-D phase transitions. Along the years, this phase diagram has been studied by several authors and yet these phase transitions have not been observed. In this work, we present a study of this phase sequence through optical conoscopy. The occurrence of these phase transitions is here investigated and optically characterized through conoscopic image. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：72 / 75

页数：4

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