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Physical Review Letters, volume 106, issue 11, publication number 117801

Observation of Two Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transitions Near a Surface

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2011-03-14
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Impact factor8.6
ISSN00319007, 10797114
General Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Using specified conditions, we succeeded in observing the isotropic-nematic (Iso-N) liquid crystal phase transition at surfaces followed by that in bulk for the first time. An additional heat anomaly peak was found at a higher temperature side of a main phase transition peak using highly sensitive differential scanning calorimetry (HS-DSC). The peak is pronounced particularly in the cooling process, since the transition starts at surfaces on cooling. The temperature dependence of retardation allows us to safely conclude that the higher temperature peak that appeared in HS-DSC is attributed to the Iso-N transition at surfaces. These measurements also indicate that the surface transition is of first order. These behaviors were theoretically explained by generalized Maier-Saupe theory.

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Aya S. et al. Observation of Two Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transitions Near a Surface // Physical Review Letters. 2011. Vol. 106. No. 11. 117801
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Aya S., Sasaki Y., Araoka F., Ema K., Ishikawa K., Emelyanenko A. V., Emelyanenko A. V., TAKEZOE H. Observation of Two Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transitions Near a Surface // Physical Review Letters. 2011. Vol. 106. No. 11. 117801
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.117801
UR - https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRevLett.106.117801
TI - Observation of Two Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transitions Near a Surface
T2 - Physical Review Letters
AU - Aya, Satoshi
AU - Sasaki, Yuji
AU - Araoka, Fumito
AU - Ema, Kenji
AU - Ishikawa, Ken
AU - Emelyanenko, Alexander V
AU - TAKEZOE, HIDEO
AU - Emelyanenko, A. V.
PY - 2011
DA - 2011/03/14 00:00:00
PB - American Physical Society (APS)
IS - 11
VL - 106
SN - 0031-9007
SN - 1079-7114
ER -
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@article{2011_Aya,
author = {Satoshi Aya and Yuji Sasaki and Fumito Araoka and Kenji Ema and Ken Ishikawa and Alexander V Emelyanenko and HIDEO TAKEZOE and A. V. Emelyanenko},
title = {Observation of Two Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transitions Near a Surface},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
year = {2011},
volume = {106},
publisher = {American Physical Society (APS)},
month = {mar},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRevLett.106.117801},
number = {11},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.117801}
}
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