Orientational order of difluorinated liquid crystals: A comparative 13C-NMR, optical, and dielectric study in nematic and smectic B phases

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 9663-9676

  Geppi, M ^a   Marini, A ^a,b   Veracini, C A ^a   Urban, S ^c   Czub, J ^c   Kuczynski W ^d   Dabrowski, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 50549099103     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp800378g     Document Type: Article

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