Lyotropic nematic mesophases: investigations of mesomorphic and thermo-optical properties

Short Range Order Effects in the Isotropic Phase of Nematics and Cholesterics

P. G. de Gennes · Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1971 · 922 citations

Quantum Liquid, Engineering, Magnetic Resonance +16

Observation of a Biaxial Nematic Phase in Potassium Laurate-1-Decanol-Water Mixtures

L. J. Yu, A. Saupe · Physical Review Letters · 1980 · 757 citations

Crystal Structure, Optical Materials, Engineering +17

Uniaxial and biaxial lyotropic nematic liquid crystals

Roberto Bartolino, T. Chiaranza, M. Meuti et al. · Physical review. A, General physics · 1982 · 80 citations

Materials Science, Photonics, Optical Materials +13

A new soap/detergent/water lyotropic liquid crystal with a biaxial nematic phase

E. A. Oliveira, L. Liébert, A. M. Figueiredo Neto · Liquid Crystals · 1989 · 51 citations

Materials Science, Crystal Structure, Engineering +10

Bend and splay elastic constants and the rotational viscosity of nematic decylammonium chloride and ammonium chloride water mixtures

Tom Haven, David Armitage, A. Saupe · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1981 · 50 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Liquid Crystalline Elastomer +21