Liquid crystal dimers and oligomers

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 298-311

  Imrie, Corrie T ^a   Henderson, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intercalated phases; Liquid crystals; Oligomer; Tetramer; Trimer

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; ANTHRAQUINONE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; DIMER; ETHYLENE OXIDE; LITHIUM ION; OLIGOMER; POLYMER; SILOXANE; TETRAMER;

ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0036867349     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(02)00092-4     Document Type: Review

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