Characteristic dielectric parameters of para-, ferro- and antiferro-electric phases of (S)-4-(1-methylheptyloxycarbonyl)phenyl-4′-(6-pentanoyloxyhex-1-oxy)biphenyl-4-carboxylate

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 316-321

  Kumari, Suman ^a   Dhar, R ^a,b   Pandey, M B ^a   Das, I M L ^a   Dabrowski, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^c MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

A. Optical materials; B. Chemical synthesis; C. Differential scanning calorimetry; D. Dielectric properties; D. Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRICITY; CALORIMETRY; CARBOXYLATION; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPLEXATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SCANNING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

A. OPTICAL MATERIALS; B. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; C. DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; D. DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; D. PHASE TRANSITIONS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 59049108195     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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