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The Alignment of Molecules in the Nematic Liquid Crystal State

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The most distinctive characteristic of nematic liquid crystals is their optical property of anisotropy as evidenced by their birefringence while in a fluid state. They possess an organizational arrangement of their molecules which is intermediate between the disorder of an ordinary liquid and the three dimensional periodicity of crystals.

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  1. Polacoat, Inc., Blue Ash, Ohio, USA

    John F. Dreyer

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

    Julian F. Johnson

  2. Polymer Science and Engineering Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Masachusetts, USA

    Roger S. Porter (Chairman) (Chairman)

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Dreyer, J.F. (1970). The Alignment of Molecules in the Nematic Liquid Crystal State. In: Johnson, J.F., Porter, R.S. (eds) Liquid Crystals and Ordered Fluids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8214-0_24

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