On thermotropic cubic mesophases

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 333-342

  Diele, Siegmar ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cubic phase; Liquid crystals; Smectic blue phases; Structures; X ray studies

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DENDRIMER; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICELLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PHASE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0036866936     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(02)00086-9     Document Type: Review

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