Odd-even effects at the nematic-isotropic and intercalated smectic A-nematic transitions of the non-symmetric α-(4′-cyanobiphenyl-4-yloxy)-ω-(4-alkylanilinebenzylidene- 4′-oxy) alkane dimers. An experimental study

Journal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1753-1760

  Le Masurier, P J ^a   Luckhurst, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748673775     PISSN: 09565000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a800866c     Document Type: Article

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