Universality of Phase Diagrams near the Nematic, Smectic-, Smectic-Multicritical Point
- 17 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (3), 178-181
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.178
Abstract
High-resolution phase diagrams of four binary liquid-crystal mixtures exhibiting nematic, smectic-, smectic- multicritical points are found to be universal.
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