A new type of five-ring banana-shaped mesogens with strong dielectric response

Phase Transitions

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 470-484

  Vakhovskaya, Z ^a   Lorenzo Chao, J ^a   Baumeister, U ^a   Pelz, K ^a   Schroder M W ^a   Weissflog, W ^a   Kresse, H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric phases; Bent shaped molecules; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRIC PHASES; BENT-SHAPED MOLECULES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRO-OPTIC; HIGH TEMPERATURE PHASE; LOW TEMPERATURE PHASE; MESOGENS; MESOPHASES;

ANTIFERROELECTRICITY; CRYSTALS; LIGHT SOURCES; PERMITTIVITY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 67651215648     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590902910380     Document Type: Article

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