Distinct formation of a chiral smectic phase in achiral banana-shaped molecules with a central core based on a 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene unit

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 31, 2000, Pages 7441-7448

  Thisayukta, Jirakorn ^a   Nakayama, Yusuke ^a   Kawauchi, Susumu ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a   Watanabe, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; SCHIFF BASE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL ROTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHASE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034625939     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja001370q     Document Type: Article

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