The effect of size and shape variation in discotic liquid crystals based on triphenylene cores

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1847, 2006, Pages 2697-2708

  Cammidge, Andrew N ^a   Jackson, D J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Columnar mesophases; Discotic liquid crystals; Triphenylenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750526454     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1847     Document Type: Article

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