Thermodynamic and dielectric studies on antiferroelectric liquid crystal (S)-4-(1-methylheptyloxycarbonyl)phenyl 4-(6-heptanoyloxyhex-1-oxy)biphenylate

Phase Transitions

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-241

  Kumar, A ^a   Dhar, R ^b   Agrawal, V K ^a   Dabrowski, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^c MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric liquid crystals; Curie Weiss law; Dielectric relaxations; Soft and Goldstone modes; Transition temperatures

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; MOLECULAR MASS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CURIE-WEISS LAWS; DIELECTRIC STUDIES; SOFT AND GOLDSTONE MODES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34248594430     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590601136907     Document Type: Article

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