Syntheses and mesomorphic properties of laterally fluorinatedphenyl isothiocyanatotolanes and their high birefringent mixtures

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-24

  Dziaduszek, J ^a   Dabrowski R ^a   Ziołek A ^a   Gauza, S ^b   Wu, S T ^b  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enthalpy transition; Fluorine substitution; High bi refringence nematic mixture; Liquid crystals isothiocyanatophenyltolanes; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

FLUORINE SUBSTITUTION; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; ISOTHIOCYANATOTOLANES; MESOMORPHIC PROPERTY; NEMATIC MIXTURES; SUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 58149492763     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-008-0031-2     Document Type: Article

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