Critical and Tricritical Behavior at the Nematic to Smectic-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>Transition

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

1971 • 1,024 citations

An analogy between superconductors and smectics A

1972 • 916 citations

Thermodynamics Near the Two-Fluid Critical Mixing Point in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">He</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">He</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:…

1970 • 464 citations

Some Remarks on the Polymorphism of Smectics

1973 • 376 citations

Tricritical Exponents and Scaling Fields

1972 • 306 citations

Nematic-Smectic-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>Tricritical Point in Alkylcyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystals

1984 • 216 citations

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

1970 • 158 citations

The nematic to smectic-A transition: A theoretical overview

1983 • 132 citations

Specific Heat near the Nematic-Smectic-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>Tricritical Point

1979 • 115 citations

Critical behavior at the nematic-smectic-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>transition in butyloxybenzylidene heptylaniline (4O.7)

1983 • 109 citations

High-Resolution X-Ray Study of a Second-Order Nematic—Smectic-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>Phase Transition

1977 • 107 citations

Ginzburg criterion for tricritical points

1972 • 87 citations

Nematic-smectic transitions in mixtures - a liquid crystal tricritical point

1973 • 58 citations

Thermodynamic properties of liquid3He-4He mixtures near the tricritical point. II. Data analysis by the scaling-field method

1976 • 49 citations

The Effect on Mesomorphic Properties of Substituting a Sulfur for the Ether Oxygen Atom in the Ester Linkage of 4-Alkylphenyl-4′-Alkyl or Alkoxybenzoates

1981 • 48 citations