Calorimetric study of nematic prewetting

Xuewu Liu; D. W. Allender; D. Finotello

doi:10.1209/epl/i2002-00120-y

Calorimetric study of nematic prewetting

Xuewu Liu, D. W. Allender, D. Finotello

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We report specific-heat measurements for a series of liquid crystals imbedded in a porous cylindrical geometry. Above the nematic-to-isotropic transition and dependent on nematic width (or chain length), the specific heat shows a small peak. In analogy to known ellipsometry results, the peak is believed to be the signature of a nematic prewetting transition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	848-854
Number of pages	7
Journal	Europhysics Letters
Volume	59
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00120-y
State	Published - Sep 1 2002

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