Comparison of liquid-crystalline properties of symmetric and nonsymmetric liquid crystal trimers

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 474, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-27

  Itahara, Toshio ^a   Tamura, Hisashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isotropic transition; Liquid crystals; Melting point; Nematic ; Nonsymmetric trimers; Odd even effects

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENTROPY; MELTING POINT; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ISOTROPIC TRANSITION; NONSYMMETRIC TRIMERS; ODD-EVEN EFFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37749032268     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400701617749     Document Type: Article

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