On the order of cholesteric to smectic-A phase transition in cholesteric mixtures

Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>Phase of Liquid Crystals

W. L. McMillan · Physical review. A, General physics · 1971 · 1K citations

Crystal Structure, Engineering, Computational Chemistry +23

X-Ray Scattering from Liquid Crystals. I. Cholesteryl Nonanoate and Myristate

W. L. McMillan · Physical review. A, General physics · 1972 · 401 citations

X-ray Crystallography, Engineering, Physics +15

Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application of Liquid Crystals. I

Kenji Kobayashi · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan · 1970 · 160 citations

Materials Science, Phase Transitions, Engineering +14

Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals

Kenji Kobayashi · Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1971 · 131 citations

Materials Science, A Theory, Engineering +15

Measurement of Smectic-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>-Phase Order-Parameter Fluctuations near a Second-Order Smectic-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>—Nematic-Phase Transition

W. L. McMillan · Physical review. A, General physics · 1973 · 95 citations

Quantum Liquid, Math Xmlns, Crystal Structure +15