Coupling between molecular vibrations and liquid crystalline order parameters

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 6 B, 2000, Pages 7235-7238

  Nollmann M ^a   Etchegoin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CYANOBIPHENYL LIQUID CRYSTALS; INTRINSIC SYMMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ORDER PARAMETERS; RAMAN ACTIVE MODES; SELECTIVE COUPLING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SOFTENING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CYANOBIPHENYL LIQUID CRYSTALS; INTRAMOLECULAR VIBRATION; INTRINSIC SYMMETRIES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL TECHNIQUES; RAMAN ACTIVE MODES; SELECTIVE COUPLING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

EID: 0034205392     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.7235     Document Type: Article

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