Field-induced molecular reorientation keeping a frustrated structure in an achiral bent-shaped liquid crystal

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2771-2774

  Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Izumi, Tatsuya ^a   Watanabe, Junji ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a   Iida, Atsuo ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032728019     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a904774c     Document Type: Article

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