Full miscibility of disk- and rod-shaped mesogens in the nematic phase

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 37, 2003, Pages 11172-11173

  Kouwer, Paul H J ^a   Mehl, Georg H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,10 DIBROMODECANE; 4 HYDROXY 4' CYANOBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEPROTECTION REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; ESTERIFICATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MISCIBILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0042694124     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja037075y     Document Type: Article

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