Thermodynamics of the Re-entrant Nematic-bilayer Smectic a Transition
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Recent measurements of nematic-smectic A pressure-temperature phase boundaries obtained in bilayer forming smectic A liquid crystals are analyzed. A thermodynamic model which accounts for the elliptical shape of the phase boundaries and which facilitates determination of the various parameters determining the phase boundary is presented and discussed.
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