Temperature Dependence of Normal Modes in a Nematic Liquid Crystal
- 30 November 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 25 (22), 1550-1553
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.25.1550
Abstract
We have measured the temperature dependence of the intensity and spectrum of light scattered by fluctuations in the nematic phase of -methoxy-benzylidene -butylaniline. Our measurements are interpreted using two phenomenological theories of nematic liquid crystals.
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