Role of molecular structure on X-ray diffraction in uniaxial and biaxial phases of thermotropic liquid crystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3845-3852

  Acharya, Bharat R ^a   Kang, Shin Woong ^b   Prasad, Veena ^c   Kumar, Satyendra ^b  

^a Platypus Technologies   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS; BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASE; BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASIS; BIAXIAL PHASIS; CALAMITIC; CONDENSED MATTERS; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MESOGENS; MESOPHASES; MOLECULAR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION PATTERNS;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 65249089779     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp810333r     Document Type: Article

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