Siloxane antiferroelectric liquid crystalline dimer exhibiting two field-free zero birefringent states

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1555-1568

  Olsson, N ^a   Dahl, I ^a   Helgee, B ^a   Komitov, L ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; SILOXANE;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR TILT ANGLE; OPTICAL ROTATION; REFRACTION INDEX; THEORY; VIBRATION;

EID: 12544259231     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290412331323130     Document Type: Article

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