Abstract: A comparative study of the temperature dependence of the elastic constants of the nematic liquid crystals known as PAA ($p$-azoxyanisole), MBBA ${4}^{\ensuremath{'}}$-methoxybenzylidene-4-$n$-butylaniline, and 5CB (4-$n$-pentyl-${4}^{\ensuremath{'}}$-cyanobiphenyl) will be made in this work. After a regularization of their values, and with use of a unique temperature scale, the experimental data of each of these parameters will be displayed along the lines of corresponding states that are not restricted to the neighborhoods of the nematic-isotropic phase transition point, as it would be the case in a usual corresponding states law, but encompass the entire nematic phase.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-06-30
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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