The temperature dependences of the structural characteristics of the quasi-liquidcrystalline n-hexadecane layers − their equilibrium thickness and the degree of orientational order were determined by such optical methods as measurements of admixture dichroism and the anisotropy of heterophase interlayers. The values of these epitropic liquid-crystalline layer parameters were compared with those established earlier in rheological experiments.
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