Liquid crystal trimers. The synthesis and characterisation of the 4,4′-bis [ω-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy) alkoxy] biphenyls

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1339-1343

  Imrie, Corrie T ^a   Luckhurst, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000304232     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a801128a     Document Type: Article

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