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We report the results of our studies on the optical and thermal properties of binary mixture of two compounds viz. abietic acid and poly ethylene glycol (PEG). The mixture shows a very interesting co-existent biphasic region of lyotropic nematic (N C I) and intermediate hexagonal (M C I) phases, sequentially when the specimen is cooled from its isotropic phase at different concentrations of abietic acid in PEG.
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The aggregated molecular size has been confirmed by X-ray studies. The temperature variation of optical anisotropy, electrical conductivity, ultrasonic velocity, and molar and adiabatic compressibility has also been discussed.
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Keywords: binary mixture; columnar phase; lyotropic chromonic; molecular aggrega- tion; nematic; optical anisotropy; ultrasonic velocity
Dr Sreepad H R
Government College (Autonomous), Mandya, India
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This page is a summary of: Chromonic liquid crystalline phase transition involving a biphasic region of nematic and hexagonal phases, Phase Transitions, October 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2014.966308.
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