Frequency and temperature dependence of the dielectric parameters of wide temperature range TGBA and TGBC* phases of unsymmetrical liquid crystal dimers

Phase Transitions

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-458

  Pandey, M B ^a   Dhar, R ^a,b   Achalkumar, A S ^c   Yelamaggad, C V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

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

Author keywords

Dc conductivity; Dielectric relaxation; Goldstone and soft modes; TGB phases

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METALLIZING; OLIGOMERS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; CHALCONE; COLLECTIVE MODES; DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIELECTRIC STUDIES; FREQUENCY RANGING; GOLDSTONE MODES; HELIX AXIS; HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL DIMERS; LONG AXIS; LOW FREQUENCY REGIONS; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; PHASE FLUCTUATIONS; SOFT MODES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TWIST GRAIN BOUNDARY (TGB); UNSYMMETRICAL; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 45849120624     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590701844384     Document Type: Article

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