Monolayers of straight chain compounds theoretical ideas

4 Monolayers of straight chain compounds theoretical ideas 

This diagram is based on a study of the isotherms obtained from the study of this material. The symbol x denotes points at which synchrotron radiation diffraction experiments were carried out. From these measurements it is possible to deduce that the various phases have the structures given in Table 3.1. 

Phase structure Equivalent smectic liquid crystal phase 

S Orthorhombic with no rotation about the long axis E 

Tilted hexagonal, tilt to next nearest neighbours F 

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