Investigation into liquid crystalline smectic- C* subphase stability using chiral and achiral dopants

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Kirchhoff, J ^a   Hirst, L S ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRICITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACHIRAL DOPANTS; ACHIRAL MOLECULE; ALKYL CHAINS; SMECTIC LAYER SPACING;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 36048979907     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.051704     Document Type: Article

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