Extraordinary doping effects of chiral helical linear tetrapyrrole-Zn(II) complexes on chiral nematic induction of MBBA liquid crystal

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1454-1455

  Hamakubo, Katsushi ^a   Hama, Shimpei ^a   Yagi, Shigeyuki ^a   Nakazumi, Hiroyuki ^a   Mizutani, Tadashi ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 29344474960     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.1454     Document Type: Article

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