Instabilities, thermal fluctuations, defects and dislocations in the crystal-$R_I$-$R_{II}$ rotator phase transitions of n-alkanes

Soumya Kanti Ganguly, Prabir K. Mukherjee

The theoretical study of instabilities, thermal fluctuations, and topological defects in the crystal-rotator-I-rotator-II ($X-R_I-R_{II}$) phase transitions of n-alkanes has been…