Mesophases transitions
An interesting transition
is the texture transition inside the nematic phase. We observe in some liquid
crystalline compounds a transition from a low-temperature nematic texture which
looks like a texture of a smectic phase to a high temperature nematic Schlieren
texture. Compounds have the texture transition are the alkyloxybenzoic acids. Here,
you can see a movie of the texture transtion inside the nematic phase of 6OBAC.
Click on the image.
More details in my papers:
|
Texture transitions in binary mixtures of
6OBAC with compounds of its homologous series
A. Sparavigna; A. Mello; B. Montrucchio
 Phase Transitions: A
Multinational Journal, 1029-0338, Volume 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191 – 201
Abstract | References | Full Text PDF | Request Permissions
| Cited By | Related Articles
|
|
Texture transitions in the liquid crystalline alkyloxybenzoic acid 6OBAC
A. Sparavigna; A. Mello;
B. Montrucchio
Phase Transitions: A Multinational
Journal, 1029-0338, Volume 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293
– 303
Abstract
| References
| Full Text HTML | Request
Permissions | Cited
By | Related Articles
|
|
|
A new image processing method for enhancing the detection sensitivity of smooth transitions in liquid crystals
Liquid
Crystals, 1366-5855, Volume 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 841
– 852
Abstract
| References
| Full Text PDF | Request
Permissions | Cited
By | Related Articles
|
|
|
A novel order transition inside the nematic phase of trans -4-hexylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid discovered by image processing
Liquid
Crystals, 1366-5855, Volume 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 613
– 620
Abstract
| References
| Full Text PDF | Request
Permissions | Cited
By | Related Articles
|
|
In the following, three
movies show a transition on heating from the nematic to the smectic phase of an
oxadiazole compound.
Clink on images to launch
the movies.
|
For more details, these are my articles:
|
|
|
Growth of toric domains in mesophases of oxadiazoles
A. Sparavigna; A. Mello;
B. Montrucchio
 Phase Transitions: A Multinational
Journal, 1029-0338, Volume 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 471
– 477
Abstract
| References
| Full Text PDF | Request
Permissions
Cited
By | Related Articles
|
|
|
Fan-shaped, toric
and spherulitic textures of
mesomorphic oxadiazoles
A. Sparavigna; A. Mello;
B. Montrucchio
Phase Transitions: A Multinational
Journal, 1029-0338, Volume 80, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 987
– 998
Abstract
| References
| Full Text PDF | Full Text HTML | Request
Permissions
Cited
By | Related Articles
|
|
Amelia Carolina
Sparavigna