Columnar and smectic liquid crystals based on crown ethers

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1026-1035

  Steinke, Nelli ^a   Frey, Wolfgang ^a   Baro, Angelika ^a   Laschat, Sabine ^a   Drees, Christina ^a   Nimtz, Manfred ^b   Hägele, Constanze ^a   Giesselmann, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Columnar liquid crystals; Crown compounds mesophases; Smectic liquid crystals; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; CONFORMATIONS; DERIVATIVES; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEXTURES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; CROWN COMPOUNDS MESOPHASES; CROWN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION;

CROWN ETHERS;

EID: 31344465722     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500903     Document Type: Article

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