Biaxial nematic and smectic a phases in a "peelable banana-shaped" molecule

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 437, Issue , 2005, Pages 211/[1455]-221/[1465]

  Krishna Prasad, S ^a   Nair, Geetha G ^a   Shankar Rao, D S ^a   Lobo, Chethan V ^a   Shashikala, I ^a   Yelamaggad, C V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bent core molecule; Biaxial nematic; Biaxial smectic A; Conoscopy; X ray

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BENT CORE MOLECULES; BIAXIAL NEMATIC; BIAXIAL SMECTIC A; CONOSCOPY; X-RAY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33644769196     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400590956612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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