Electric-field modulation of component exchange in constitutional dynamic liquid crystals

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 4619-4624

  Giuseppone, Nicolas ^a   Lehn, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic combinatorial chemistry; Electrochemistry; Imines; Liquid crystals; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; DYNAMIC COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; IMINES; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33746305330     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600430     Document Type: Article

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