The alignment of the smectic a phase of 4-octyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl induced by an electric field. A time-resolved deuterium NMR study

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 402, Issue PART 3, 2003, Pages

  Luckhurst, Geoffrey R ^a   Timimi, Bakir A ^a   Miyamoto, Tetsuo ^b   Sugimura, Akihiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deuterium NMR; Electric field induced alignment; Smectic A

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOLS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEPARATION; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

DIPOLAR COUPLING; ELECTRIC FIELD-INDUCED ALIGNMENT; QUADRUPOLAR SPLITTING; SMECTIC A;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 10644240992     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400390243363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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