Raman imaging of nematic and smectic liquid crystals

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 487, Issue , 2008, Pages 39-51

  Büyüktanir, Ebru A ^a   Zhang, Ke ^a   Gericke, Arne ^a   West, John L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal Raman microscopy; Cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals; Focal conic domains; Orientational order; Smectic A

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPTH PROFILING; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POWDERS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

AROMATIC RINGS; AXIAL DIRECTIONS; CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; CYANOBIPHENYL; CYANOBIPHENYL LIQUID CRYSTALS; DIRECTOR FIELDS; FOCAL CONIC DOMAINS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; NEMATIC AND SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; RAMAN IMAGING; SMECTIC A; SPATIAL PATTERNING; VIBRATIONAL BANDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 49549113846     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400802198540     Document Type: Article

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