Structure and molecular dynamics of the mesophases exhibited by an organosiloxane tetrapode with strong polar terminal groups

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Filip, D ^a,c   Cruz, C ^a,b   Sebastiao P J ^a,b   Ribeiro, A C ^a,b   Vilfan, M ^d   Meyer, T ^e   Kouwer, P H J ^e   Mehl, G H ^e  

^a Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAFFINS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MICROSEGREGATION; ORGANOSILOXANE TETRAPODES; POLYMORPHISM; POLYPHILIC MOLECULES; SMECTIC PHASES;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33846357093     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.011704     Document Type: Article

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