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AC-Calorimetry and Dielectric Spectroscopy on Anisotropic Liquid Crystal and Aerosil Dispersions

Keyword:

Liquid Crystals, dielectric spectroscopy, quenched random disorder, phase transitions, and calorimetry

Creator:

Cruceanu, Florentin I.

Advisor:

Iannacchione, Germano S.

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2008-04-09

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Physics
Quenched Random Disorder Studies In Liquid Crystal + Aerosil Dispersions

Keyword:

gel structure, quenched random disorder, Turbidity, isotropic-nematic, phase transition, smectic-A to smectic-C, AC-Calorimetry, liquid crystal, gel dynamics, x-ray difraction, x-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy ( XIFS ), and nematic to smectic-A

Creator:

Roshi, Aleksander

Advisor:

Iannacchione, Germano S.

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2005-04-27

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Physics