Conoscopic image of a biaxial negative nematic phase in a potassium laurate-decanol-D2O mixture
Wladimir S. Braga, Oscar R. Santos, Danilo D. Luders, Anderson R. Sampaio, Newller M. Kimura, Manuel Simões, Aantonio J. Palangana
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS – Volume: 187; Pages: 20-23; DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2013.05.002
The discotic nematic (ND)–biaxial nematic (NB)–calamitic nematic (NC) phase transitions are studied in a potassium laurate–decanol–D2O mixture by optical conoscopy. The ND+ (NC−) phase is uniaxial […]