Spontaneous formation of a chiral structure in an achiral banana-shaped molecular system

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 346, Issue , 2000, Pages 63-75

  Thisayukta, Jirakorn ^a   Kamee, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawauchi, Susumu ^a   Watanabe, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACHIRAL BANANA SHAPED MOLECULAR SYSTEM; FRACTAL GROWTH; HELICAL STRUCTURE; SMBLUE PHASE; SMECTIC TEXTURE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034479580     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250008023866     Document Type: Article

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