A low-molar-mass, monodispersive, bent-rod dimer exhibiting biaxial nematic and smectic A phases

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 3429-3432

  Yelamaggad, Channabasaveshwar V ^a   Prasad, Subbarao Krishna ^a   Nair, Geetha G ^a   Shashikala, Indudhara Swamy ^a   Rao, Doddamane S Shankar ^a   Lobo, Chetan V ^a   Chandrasekharr, Sivaramakrishna ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biaxial phases; Liquid crystals; Mesogens; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEXTURES;

CONOSCOPIC PATTERN; MOLAR MASSES; ORGANIC SYSTEM;

DIMERS;

DIMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544334266     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200453908     Document Type: Article

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