Synthesis of vertically aligned helical polyacetylene films in homeotropic chiral nematic liquid crystals

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

Volumn 365, Issue , 2001, Pages 117-127

  Piao, Guangzhe ^a   Otaka, Toshihiro ^a   Sato, Tetsuya ^a   Akagi, Kazuo ^a   Kyotani, Mutsumasa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATL INST OF MAT AND CHEM RES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiral nematic liquid crystal; Helical polyacetylene; Homeotropic orientation; Nematic liquid crystal; Vertical alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142817833     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108025288     Document Type: Article

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