We report on what we believe to be the first measurement of rotational viscosity coefficient γ1 of a smectic A phase. A value of ∼4x103 poise is obtained by means of pulsed NMR in the middle of smectic A phase of a 60CB/80CB binary mixture exhibiting a reentrant nematic phase.
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