Probing Hidden Phase Transitions in Plastic Crystal Succinonitrile
C transition, additional diffuse scattering was observed in addition to orientational short-range-order diffuse scattering. Such a phase transition remains inaccessible under conventional heating rates (∼5 K/min) and is exclusively revealed by ultralow-rate (0.2 K/min) synchrotron SWAXS.
Authors
- Keiko Nishikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5093-0156)
- Kozo Fujii
- Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
- Hiroshi Abe
- Kazuhiko Matsumoto
Institutions
- National Defence Academy (IN)
- Chiba University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Sophia University (JP)
- Graduate School USA (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c00566
- Primary Topic
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology