Different kinds of smectic B phases

Temperature-Dependent Tilt Angle in the Smectic<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>C</mml:mi></mml:math>Phase of a Liquid Crystal

T. R. Taylor, S. L. Arora, James L. Fergason · Physical Review Letters · 1970 · 154 citations

Engineering, New Phenomenon, Interferometry +17

X-ray Diffraction and Polymorphism of Smectic Liquid Crystals 1. A-, B- and C-modifications

Siegmar Diele, P. Brand, H. Sackmann · Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1972 · 92 citations

X-ray Photographic Studies of Liquid Crystals: III. Structure Determination of the Smectic Phase of 4-Butyloxybenzal- 4′-Ethylaniline

Adriaan de Vries, D. L. Fishel · Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1972 · 91 citations

Materials Science, X-ray Crystallography, Crystal Structure +15

Investigation of a Smectic Tetramorphous Substance

D. Demus, Siegmar Diele, Manuela Klapperstück et al. · Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1971 · 84 citations

Derivative (Chemistry), Engineering, Biochemistry +11

Tentative model for the smectic B phase

P. G. de Gennes, G. Sarma · Physics Letters A · 1972 · 59 citations

Tentative Model, Physics, Phase Equilibrium +2