Thermotropic uniaxial and biaxial nematic and smectic phases in bent-core mesogens

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 49, 2005, Pages 17224-17227

  Prasad, Veena ^a   Kang, Shin Woong ^b   Suresh, K A ^c   Joshi, Leela ^b   Wang, Qingbing ^b   Kumar, Satyendra ^b  

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

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC HEAT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY SCATTERING;

OPTICAL POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; SMECTIC PHASES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AZO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 29044439188     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja052769n     Document Type: Article

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