Deuterium NMR evidences of slow dynamics in the nematic phase of a banana-shaped liquid crystal

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 344, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-28

  Domenici, Valentina ^a   Fodor Csorba, Katalin ^b   Frezzato, Diego ^c   Moro, Giorgio ^c   Veracini, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banana shaped liquid crystals; Deuterium NMR; Dynamics; Nematic phase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLVENTS;

BANANA-SHAPED LIQUID CRYSTALS; DEUTERIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (DNMR); NEMATIC PHASE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33846117565     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190600966771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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