X-ray diffraction from the uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases of bent-core mesogens

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-118

  Acharya, Bharat R ^a   Kang, Shin Woong ^b   Kumar, Satyendra ^b,c  

^a Platypus Technologies   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bent core mesogen; Biaxial nematic phase; Uniaxial biaxial phase transition; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349115986     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290701817326     Document Type: Article

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