Electric-field-induced reorientation of liquid crystalline p-cyanophenyl-p-n-alkylbenzoates: A time-resolved study by Fourier transform infrared transmission and attenuated total reflection spectroscopy

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-505

  Klimov, E ^a   Fuelleborn, M ^a   Siesler, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATR vs. transmission technique; Attenuated total reflection; Bulk and surface region; Electric field induced response; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Nematic liquid crystal; Time resolved FT IR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED REORIENTATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPY; BENZOATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038030017     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370203321666498     Document Type: Article

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