Optically isotropic liquid-crystal phase of bent-core molecules with polar nanostructure

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Liao, G ^a   Stojadinovic, S ^a   Pelzl, G ^b   Weissflog, W ^b   Sprunt, S ^a   Jakli A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENT-CORE MOLECULES; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; POLAR NANOSTRUCTURE; RANDOM LAYER ORIENTATIONS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLARIZATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 27244446304     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.021710     Document Type: Article

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