Dielectric spectroscopy of unsymmetrical liquid crystal dimers showing wide temperature range TGBA and TGBC* phases

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Pandey, Abhay S ^a   Dhar, R ^a,b   Pandey, M B ^b   Achalkumar, A S ^c   Yelamaggad, C V ^c  

^a EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dielectric permittivity and anisotropy; Dielectric strength; Ionic conductivity; Relaxation frequency; TGB phases

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649088434     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290802638415     Document Type: Article

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