Self consistently calibrated photopyroelectric calorimeter for the high resolution simultaneous absolute measurement of the specific heat and of the thermal conductivity

High temperature resolution study of the specific heat and of the thermal conductivity over the smecticA-nematic and nematic-isotropic phase transitions in octylcynobephenyl liquid crystal using a new photopyroelectric calorimetry configuration are reported, where, unlike previously adopted ones, no...

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Main Authors: U. Zammit, S. Paoloni, F. Mercuri, M. Marinelli, F. Scudieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2012-03-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3684962