Effect of slow cooling on a discotic nematic liquid crystal: Evidences for nematic-nematic transitions

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 452, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-26

  Vijayaraghavan, D ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Discotic nematic; Nematic nematic transitions

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENZENE; COOLING; DIAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIAMAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; DISCOTIC NEMATIC; NEMATIC-NEMATIC (N-N) TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL POLARIZING MICROSCOPY (OPM);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33646725153     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400500377636     Document Type: Review

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