Crystal structure of an unsymmetrical dimeric liquid crystal with a wide temperature range chiral smectic a phase

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

Volumn 364, Issue , 2001, Pages 567-574

  Lokanath, N K ^a   Sridhar, M A ^a   Prasad, J Shashidhara ^a   Yelamaggad, C V ^b   Rao, D S Shankar ^b   Prasad, S Krishna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dimeric; Smectic; Unsymmetrical

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844609245     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108025026     Document Type: Article

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