Amphotropic liquid crystals

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 355-370

  Tschierske, Carsten ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Amphotropic; Block copolymers; Donor acceptor interactions; Hydrogen bonding; Liquid crystals; Lyotropic; Mesophases; Microsegregation; Polymorphism; Salt effects; Solvent effects; Thermotropic

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; COPOLYMER; INORGANIC SALT; POLYETHER; SOLVENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN BOND; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL PHASE; REVIEW; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT EFFECT;

EID: 0036867832     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(02)00083-3     Document Type: Review

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