Noncontact liquid-crystal alignment by supra-molecular Amplification of nanogrooves

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1812-1815

  Hoogboom, Johan ^a   Behdani, Mohammad ^b   Elemans, Johannes A A W ^a   Devillers, Marijn A C ^a   De Gelder, René ^a   Rowan, Alan E ^a   Rasing, Theo ^a   Nolte, Roeland J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonds; Liquid crystals; Pi interactions; Self assembly; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENTS;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PROCESS DESIGN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0038554284     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200250394     Document Type: Article

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