High nematic ordering in a bent-core smectogen showing a biaxial nematic phase: A 13C NMR study

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 448, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 54-60

  Dong, Ronald Y ^a,b   Kumar, Satyendra ^c   Prasad, Veena ^d   Zhang, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

LOCAL ORDER PARAMETERS; MESOGEN; PHENYL RINGS; SMECTOGEN;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 35548976240     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.09.070     Document Type: Article

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