Conformational distribution of a ferroelectric liquid crystal revealed using fingerprint vibrational spectroscopy and the density functional theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Korlacki, R ^a,b   Steiner, M ^a   Meixner, A J ^a   Vij, J K ^b   Hird, M ^c   Goodby, J W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CONFORMATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

CONFORMATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CONFORMERS; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34250783192     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2741557     Document Type: Article

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