Anomalous odd-even effects in columnar and smectic phases of discotic tetraphenylenes

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1291-1298

  Hägele, Constanze ^a   Wuckert, Eugen ^a   Laschat, Sabine ^a   Giesselmann, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Columnar and smectic mesophase; Liquid crystals; Odd even effect; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE;

DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; DISCOTIC MESOGENS; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; METHYLENE GROUPS; ODD-EVEN EFFECTS; SIDE-CHAINS; SMECTIC MESOPHASES; SMECTIC PHASIS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 66849131462     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900090     Document Type: Article

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