Low viscosity, high birefringence liquid crystalline compounds and mixtures

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Dabrowski R ^d   Dziaduszek, J ^a   ZioŁek A ^a   Szczucinski L ^a   Stolarz, Z ^a   Sasnouski, G ^b   Bezborodov, V ^b   Lapanik, W ^b   Gauza, S ^c   Wu, S T ^c  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Isothiocyanatobiphenyls; Isothiocyanatoterphenyls; Isothiocyanatotolanes; Nematic high birefringence mixtures; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIXTURES; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPIES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; ISOTHIOCYANATOBIPHENYLS; ISOTHIOCYANATOTERPHENYLS; ISOTHIOCYANATOTOLANES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COMPOUNDS; LOWER TEMPERATURES;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 33846359625     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-006-0055-4     Document Type: Article

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