First observation of a smectic A-cholesteric phase transition in a thermotropic liquid crystal consisting of a rigid-rod helical polysilane

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-283

  Okoshi, Kento ^a,c   Saxena, Anubhav ^a,c   Naito, Masanobu ^a,c   Suzaki, Goro ^b,c   Tokita, Masatoshi ^b   Watanabe, Junji ^b,c   Fujiki, Michiya ^a,c  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; METHYL GROUP;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COOLING; HEATING; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942546676     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290410001648598     Document Type: Article

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