Homochiral helices of oligonaphthalenes inducing opposite-handed cholesteric phases

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1121-1126

  Pieraccini, Silvia ^a   Ferrarini, Alberta ^b   Fuji, Kaoru ^c   Gottarelli, Giovanni ^a   Lena, Stefano ^a   Tsubaki, Kazunori ^d   Spada, Gian Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirality; Helical structures; Helical twisting power; Liquid crystals; Oligonaphthalene

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DERIVATIVES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NAPHTHALENE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CHIRALITY; HELICAL STRUCTURE; HELICAL TWISTING POWER; OLIGONAPTHALENE;

OLIGOMERS;

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NAPHTHALENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 31344437251     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500683     Document Type: Article

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