Orientational order properties in fluorinated liquid crystals from an optical, dielectric, and13C NMR combined approach

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5286-5299

  Catalano, D ^a   Geppi, M ^a   Marini, A ^b   Veracini, C A ^a   Urban, S ^c   Czub, J ^c   Kuczynski W ^d   Dabrowski, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORINATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TENSORS;

DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; FLUORINATED AROMATIC FRAGMENTS; HALLER MODELS; LEAST-SQUARES FITTING; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PROPERTIES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34248169639     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp066710u     Document Type: Article

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