Nematic-Smectic-<span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>A</mi></math></span>-Smectic-<span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>C</mi></math></span> Multicritical Point in a Single-Component System

R. Shashidhar; B. R. Ratna; S. Krishna Prasad

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.2141

Nematic-Smectic- $A$ -Smectic- $C$ Multicritical Point in a Single-Component System

R. Shashidhar, B. R. Ratna, and S. Krishna Prasad

Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 2141 – Published 26 November 1984

Abstract

The first observation of the nematic-smectic- $A$ -smectic- $C$ multicritical point in a single-component liquid-crystal system is reported. High-resolution pressure-temperature data are presented, which support the view that the phase diagram is universal near the nematic-smectic- $A$ -smectic- $C$ point.