Experiment in critical phenomena at phase transitions in liquid crystals
作者:
A. J. Nicastro,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 52,
issue 10
页码: 912-915
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1984
DOI:10.1119/1.13793
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: liquid crystals;bench−scale experiments;birefringence;temperature dependence;crystal−phase transformations;critical exponents;mean−field theory;electro−optical effects
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
A simple electro‐optical experiment is described that allows advanced undergraduates to measure the critical exponent γ. The experiment investigates the electric‐field‐induced birefringence as a function of temperature at the nematic‐isotropic phase transition in liquid crystals. The classical mean‐field result that γ=1 is verified.
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