Systematic Study of Odd-Even Effect in Molecular Alignments of Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystals with Scanning Tunneling Microscope. I. Experimental Observation

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1286-1291

  Taki, Seiji ^a   Kadotani, Tsutomu ^a   Kai, Shoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graphite substrate; Liquid crystals; Molecular alignment; Odd even effects; STM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460493     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.68.1286     Document Type: Article

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