CRITICAL-BEHAVIOR OF THE NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC PHASE-TRANSITION

被引:29
作者
MUKHERJEE, PK
SAHA, M
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Calcutta 92, Calcutta-700 009, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1995年 / 51卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.51.5745
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
In this paper we establish the equation of state near the coexistence curve (the region of small external field, below the critical temperature) of the nematic-isotropic phase transition. The temperature difference of Tc-T*, where Tc is the nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature and T* is the temperature at which the light scattering intensity diverges in the supercooled isotropic phase of nematic-isotropic transition, is obtained. The present results show considerable improvement over an earlier work utilizing the equation of state near a critical and a tricritical point. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:5745 / 5747
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