An odd–even effect in the mesophasic behavior of dimer liquid crystals due to the bond orientation of a phenylene unit incorporated in the flexible spacer

Polymer Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 779-782

  Furuya, Hidemine ^a   Asahi, Koichi ^a   Abe, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimer liquid crystals; Flexible spacer; Nematic; Odd even effect; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS, LIQUID - ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY, INFRARED;

DIMER LIQUID CRYSTALS; FLEXIBLE SPACER; MESOPHASIC BEHAVIOR; ODD-EVEN EFFECT; PHASE TRANSITION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0022879944     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1295/polymj.18.779     Document Type: Article

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