Twist viscoelastic coefficient of novel thiol terminated alkoxy-cyanobiphenyl nematic liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Agarwal, Amit K ^a   Suresh, K A ^a   Pal, Santanu K ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VISCOELASTICITY;

DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; RELAXATION FREQUENCY; THIOL; VISCOELASTIC COEFFICIENT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34247614683     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2723741     Document Type: Article

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