Symmetrical dimer liquid crystals with tilted smectic phases

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 411, Issue , 2004, Pages

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Layer spacing; Twin liquid crystal; X ray

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIMERS; ENTHALPY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROLYSIS; MONOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LAYER SPACING; THERMOTROPIC BEHAVIOR; TWIN LIQUID CRYSTAL; X-RAY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 12844260795     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400490435017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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