Novel chiral liquid crystal with two chiral butyl lactate chains exhibiting several frustrated mesophases including smectic Q and TGB phases separated by an optically isotropic phase

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1560-1566

  Nguyen, H T ^a   Ismaili, M ^b   Isaert, N ^b   Achard, M F ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LACTATE CHAINS; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; BROMOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE TRANSITION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 2942731420     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b316105f     Document Type: Article

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