Diffusion studies in confined nematic liquid crystals by MAS PFG NMR

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Romanova, Ekaterina E ^a   Grinberg, Farida ^a   Pampel, André ^b   Kärger, Jörg ^a   Freude, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

5CB; Diffusion; Liquid crystals; MAS; NMR; PFG; Porous glass

Indexed keywords

5CB; MAS; NMR; PFG; POROUS GLASS;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; GLASS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

4 CYANO 4' PENTYLBIPHENYL; 4-CYANO-4'-PENTYLBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; LEAD; NITRILE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPY; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LEAD; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITRILES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 58249133056     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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