Abstract
High-resolution heat-capacity measurements have been carried out near the smectic-A to smectic-C transition of azoxy-4,4 -di-undecyl- -methylcinnamate (AMC-11). Both extended mean-field and three-dimensional XY-like critical analyses have been performed on the results. It is shown that the heat-capacity data can be well described by the extended mean-field model. In addition, a direct comparison between the reported tilt-angle data and our heat-capacity data is made within the prediction of the extended mean-field model.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1441-1443 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 1987 |