Pre-transitional temperature behaviour of the shear viscosity of freely flowing thermotropic liquid crystals

This article presents a review of experimental results on the shear viscosity of freely flowing nematic liquid crystals and the mixtures exhibiting a re-entrant nematic phase. Peculiarities in the viscosity temperature behaviour in the vicinity of the nematic to smectic A phase transition are discus...

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Published inPhase transitions Vol. 80; no. 6-7; pp. 665 - 673
Main Authors JadŻyn, J., Czechowski, G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2007
Subjects
Free flow
Phase transitions
Pretransitional phenomena
Re-entrant nematic phase
Shear viscosity
Thermotropic liquid crystals
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Summary:This article presents a review of experimental results on the shear viscosity of freely flowing nematic liquid crystals and the mixtures exhibiting a re-entrant nematic phase. Peculiarities in the viscosity temperature behaviour in the vicinity of the nematic to smectic A phase transition are discussed. †This article is dedicated to Professor Jerzy A. Janik on his 80th birthday.
ISSN:0141-1594
1029-0338
DOI:10.1080/01411590701339906