Abstract
Calorimetric methods are applied to p-azoxyanisole and cholesteryl caprinate. The heats of conversion to the solid state substantially exceed those for conversion to isotropic liquid. The latter result indicates that liquid crystals are closer to liquids than to solids.
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Sakevich, N.M. Heats of transition to the solid and isotropic-liquid states for liquid crystals of p-azoxyanisole and cholesteryl caprinate. Soviet Physics Journal 10, 30–32 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00819789
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