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Influence of the tridecane and heptadecane molecule chain length on the structural characteristics of their epitropic liquid-crystal layers

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The optical anisotropy and viscosity of micron interlayers, bounded by metallic substrates, of two n-alkane homologs — tridecane and heptadecane — have been measured. The thickness and characteristics of the orientational ordering of epitropic liquid-crystal layers formed on the substrates have been established. The structure parameters obtained are higher for heptadecane, which is attributable to the longer length of its alkyl chain.

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  1. Odessa National Marine Academy, 8 Didrikhson Str., Odessa, 65029, Ukraine

    S. V. Kiriyan & E. A. Shatagina

  2. I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, 2 Dvoryanskaya Str., Odessa, 65082, Ukraine

    B. A. Altoiz & A. A. Shatagina

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 425–429, March–April, 2012.

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Kiriyan, S.V., Altoiz, B.A., Shatagina, E.A. et al. Influence of the tridecane and heptadecane molecule chain length on the structural characteristics of their epitropic liquid-crystal layers. J Eng Phys Thermophy 85, 459–463 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-012-0673-2

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