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Study of the Influence of Molecular Length on the Characteristics of the Ordered Smectic Phase.
Benattar,Levelut,Strzelecki
, p. 1233 - 1240 (2007/10/05)
Study of DTA and X-rays of p-phenyl-benzylidene-p'-alkylanilines of mesomorphic phases demonstrates the predominant role of the aliphatic chain length. In effect, it governs the appearance of the different phases; the correlation between layers decreases for greater chain lengths. The nonlinear variations of SmB layer thickness for these compounds shows clearly the importance of steric effects coupled with the molecular length with respect to the dipolar effect.
