Frustrated structure of an anticlinic-like smectic-C phase

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-61

  Sebastiao P J ^a,b   Carvalho, P Simeão ^c   Chaves, M R ^c   Nguyen, H T ^d   Ribeiro, A C ^a,b  

^a Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS CONTROL;

COMPLEX STRUCTURE; OPTICAL AXIS; OPTICAL TEXTURES; POLARISING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER; OCTYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHASE TRANSITION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33744735971     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10119-2     Document Type: Article

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