Orientational order in smectic liquid-crystalline phases of amphiphilic diols

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Giesselmann, Frank ^a   Germer, Roland ^a,b   Saipa, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC DIOLS; MESOGENS; MICROPHASE SEGREGATION; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER;

ALCOHOLS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; PROPANE; X RAY SCATTERING;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 23744449372     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1943972     Document Type: Article

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