Dynamic light scattering studies on a lyotropic discotic nematic liquid crystal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5947, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Agarwal, Amit K ^a   Suresh, K A ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Discotic nematic; Light scattering; Lyotropic liquid crystals; Viscoelastic coefficient

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER;

DISCOTIC NEMATIC; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; VISCOELASTIC COEFFICIENTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 32144451364     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.622094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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