Stochastic molecular motions in the nematic, smectic- A, and solid phases of p, pa -di- n -heptyl-azoxybenzene as seen by quasielastic neutron scattering and C13 cross-polarization magic-angle-spinning NMR

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Zaja̧c, Wojciech ^a   Urban, Stanisław ^b   Domenici, Valentina ^c   Geppi, Marco ^c   Veracini, Carlo Alberto ^c   Telling, Mark T F ^d   Gabryś, Barbara J ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLARIZATION;

HYDROGEN NUCLEI; LORENTZ-TYPE COMPONENTS; QUASIELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING (QENS); STOCHASTIC MOLECULAR MOTIONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 33646701434     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.051704     Document Type: Article

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