Odd-even effects in the director dynamics of the nematic phases formed by symmetric and non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers. An ESR investigation

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 3757-3764

  Dunn, C J ^a   Le Masurier, P J ^a   Luckhurst, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033566670     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a902484k     Document Type: Article

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