Contribution of proton NMR relaxation to the investigation of molecular dynamics and molecular organisation in liquid crystalline phases

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 362, Issue , 2001, Pages 289-304

  Ribeiro, A C ^a,b,c   Sebastiao P J ^b,c   Cruz, C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Molecular dynamics; NMR relaxation; Structural models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003330244     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108025776     Document Type: Article

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