Muon spin spectroscopy of the nematic liquid crystal 4-n-Pentyl-4′- cyanobiphenyl (5CB)

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 10135-10142

  McKenzie, Iain ^a   Dilger, Herbert ^b   Stoykov, Alexey ^a   Scheuermann, Robert ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ISOMERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PROTONS; ROTATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CYANOBIPHENYL; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HYPERFINE COUPLING CONSTANTS; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LEVEL CROSSING; MAIER-SAUPE THEORY; MOLECULAR AXIS; MUON SPIN SPECTROSCOPY; MUONIUM; NEMATIC PHASE; PROTON HYPERFINE COUPLINGS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

RESONANCE;

EID: 67651202369     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9025656     Document Type: Article

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