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Adrian C J Weber1, Xuan Yang, Ronald Y Dong
1Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada. adri@chem.ubc.ca
Abstract:
From the dipolar couplings obtained by NMR spectroscopy we have calculated the order parameters of a wide variety of solutes in the nematic and smectic A phases of the liquid crystals 8CB and 8OCB. These measurements are then rationalized with the previously tested two Maier-Saupe Kobayashi-McMillan interaction potential from which smectic order parameters are calculated.
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