Scanning conoscopy measurement of the optical properties of chiral smectic liquid crystals

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 403, Issue 21-22, 2008, Pages 3921-3927

  Bitri, N ^a,b   Gharbi, A ^a   Marcerou, J P ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chirality; Conoscopy; Ferroelectric; Liquid crystal; Optical activity

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POWDERS; SCANNING; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CONOSCOPY; FERROELECTRIC; HELICITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASES; OPTICAL ACTIVITIES; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; REFERENCE COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TILT ANGLES; TRANSMITTED LIGHTS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 55549089609     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2008.07.033     Document Type: Article

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