7.1 Classification
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Isotropic Liquid
Nematic LC
Smectic LCs
Ordered
Crystal
Disordered Crystal
(Smectic LC?)
Smectic A
Smectic B
Crystal E
(Smectic E)
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Lateral View
Axial View
Fig. 7.1 Relation of orthogonal liquid crystalline phases of calamitic molecules starting from an
ordered crystal. Arrows indicate possible phase transitions