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The internal field expression on a semiempirical basis in the preceding article, is applied in the generalization of the Kirkwood–Fröhlich theory for liquid crystals presented earlier by one of the authors. As an example correlation factors are calculated for two compounds in the nematic phase, and one in the smectic A phase.
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Bordewijk et al. (1978) studied this question.
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