Rich polymorphism of a rod-like liquid crystal (8CB) confined in two types of unidirectional nanopores

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-273

  Guegan R ^a,b   Morineau, D ^a   Lefort, R ^a   Beziel W ^a,c   Guendouz, M ^d   Noirez, L ^e   Henschel, A ^f   Huber, P ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE LÉON BRILLOUIN   (France)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(100) SILICON; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANOPORE MEMBRANES; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CYANOBIPHENYL; GEOMETRIC CONDITIONS; LOW-TEMPERATURE (LT) PHASES; POROUS ALUMINA; QUENCHED DISORDERS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SMECTIC A PHASE; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TWO TYPES; UNIDIRECTIONAL (UD);

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORE TREATMENT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMORPHISM; POROUS SILICON; THERMAL SPRAYING;

PHASE BEHAVIOR;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; LIPID BILAYERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 47749097512     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10323-0     Document Type: Article

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