Temperature and Pressure Study of 8S5 |
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| Authors: | P E Cladis D Guillon J Stamatoff D Aadsen W B Daniels M E Neubert |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Bell Laboratories Murray Hill , New Jersey, 07974;2. Physics Department , University of Delaware Newark , Delaware, 19711;3. Liquid Crystal Institute Kent State University Kent , Ohio, 44242 |
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| Abstract: | We have studied the liquid crystal phase transitions of 4-n-pentylbenzenethio.4′-n-octyloxybenzoate (8S5) as a function of pressure and temperature. There were no pressure induced anomalies. We measured the latent heat at the N-1 transition (.5±.1 calories/gram) but were not able to observe any evidence of a latent heat for both the A-N and C-A transitions. We speculate that the continuous nature of these transitions may be linked to the flexibility of the polar part of 8S5. |
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