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VOLUME 43 (1986) | ISSUE 2 | PAGE 89
Orientational melting of low chains of molecules and nature of the nematic-smectic A phase transition
An orientational melting of the end fragments of flexible molecular chains has been observed in a transition from the nematic phase to the smectic A phase of a liquid crystal This melting has a strong effect on the interaction of the order parameters of these phases and on the localization of the tricritical point on the nematic-(smectic .4) transition line.