Smectic-–smectic-critical point
- 14 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (11), 1209-1211
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.1209
Abstract
The first observation of the smectic –smectic critical point is reported. Detailed x-ray studies show that a first-order phase transition between the partially bilayer smectic and the bilayer smectic phases which have the same symmetry terminates in a critical point in the temperature-concentration plane.
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