Quasi-one dimensional electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power studies on a discotic liquid crystal

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Balagurusamy, V S K ^a   Prasad, S Krishna ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^b   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Manickam, M ^a   Yelamaggad, C V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; HEXAHEXYLTHIOTRIPHENYLENE; ISOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR WIRES; TRINITROFLUORENONE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032656610     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12043-999-0136-2     Document Type: Article

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