Abstract
The nematic-isotropic and the nematic-to-lamellar phase changes in the lyotropic liquid crystal formed by decylammonium chloride micelles in a water-ammonium chloride solution have been studied by light scattering. The former transition shows behavior identical to that observed in thermotropic liquid crystals. The nematic-lamellar transition appears closely similar to a thermotropic nematic-smectic-A change and the elastic constants diverge according to the analogy to superfluid helium and the three-dimensional xy model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1672-1675 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1983 |
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