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An Incommensurate Smectic A Phase

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Incommensurate Crystals, Liquid Crystals, and Quasi-Crystals

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSB,volume 166))

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An incommensurate smectic A phase (Aic) existing between partially bilayer Ad and bilayer A2 phases was discovered recently by us [1]. Here we report detailed X-ray and DSC studies as well as dielectric constant measurements on this new phase.

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  1. Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, 560080, India

    B. R. Ratna, R. Shashidhar & V. N. Raja

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  1. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    J. F. Scott  & N. A. Clark  & 

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Ratna, B.R., Shashidhar, R., Raja, V.N. (1987). An Incommensurate Smectic A Phase. In: Scott, J.F., Clark, N.A. (eds) Incommensurate Crystals, Liquid Crystals, and Quasi-Crystals. NATO ASI Series, vol 166. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0184-5_24

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