Director reorientation processes in a monodomain thin nematic liquid crystal film: A deuterium NMR spectroscopy study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 5899-5907

  Luckhurst, G R ^a   Miyamoto, T ^b   Sugimura, A ^c   Timimi, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

DEUTERIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIAMAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; DIRECTOR DYNAMICS; FIELD INDUCED ALIGNMENT PATHWAY; PENTYL CYANOBIPHENYL; QUADRUPOLAR ECHO SEQUENCE; ROTATIONAL VISCOSITY COEFFICIENT; THIN NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037159068     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1495846     Document Type: Article

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