Smectic C phases and reentrant behavior in cholesterol containing dimer liquid crystals

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 411, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Marcelis, Antonius T M ^a   Koudijs, Arie ^a   Sudhölter, Ernst J R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chiral nematic; Cholesteric; Smectic A; Smectic ordering; Twist grain boundery; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHIRAL NEMATIC; CHOLESTERIC; SMECTIC A; SMECTIC ORDERING; TWIST GRAIN BOUNDARY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 12844251352     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400490435035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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