Liquid crystalline macrocycles: Novel glass-forming nematic materials that can undergo charge transfer induced phase transitions

Advanced Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-244

  Neumann, Bernhard ^a   Joachimi, Detlev ^a   Tschierske, Carsten ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MACROMOLECULES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NONIDENTICAL BUILDING BLOCKS; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0031071690     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.19970090312     Document Type: Article

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