Interfacial tension of some liquid crystals in the cyanobiphenyl series at the interface with glycerol

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3624-3627

  Beica, T ^a   Moldovan, R ^b   Zgura, I ^a   Frunza, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Interfacial tension; Liquid crystals; Measurements

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ALKYLCYANOBIPHENYL; CYANOBIPHENYLS; DROP SHAPE METHOD; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; ISOTROPIC PHASE; RISING TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 38549088589     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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