Order and dynamics of rod-like and banana-shaped liquid crystals by 2H NMR

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-37

  Domenici, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banana shaped molecules; Deuterium; Ferroelectric; Liquid crystals; Molecular dynamics; Nematic; NMR; Orientational order; Smectic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846070305     PISSN: 00334545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1351/pac200779010021     Document Type: Review

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