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The anisotropy of 5CB type nematic liquid crystals was investigated by the X-ray interferometry method. The refractive indices n 0 and n e were determined and it was established that 5CB type nematic liquid crystals is X-ray optically positive anisotropic medium.
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Original Russian Text © L.G. Gasparyan, V.P. Mkrtchyan, 2015, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii, Fizika, 2015, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 520-528.
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Gasparyan, L.G., Mkrtchyan, V.P. Study of an anisotropy of nematic liquid crystals in X-ray frequency range. J. Contemp. Phys. 50, 388–393 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337215040118
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