Phase transitions in ferroelectric liquid crystals

Phase Transitions

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 815-855

  Singh, Shri ^a   Parmar, Avanish Singh ^b   Singh, Abhilasha ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric mesophases; Liquid crystals; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ENANTIOMERS; FERROELECTRICITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POWDERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

FERROELECTRIC MESOPHASES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 51749095876     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590802055278     Document Type: Article

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