Mesogenic Schiff's base ether with dimethylamino end group

Phase Transitions

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-397

  Ha, Sie Tiong ^a   Ong, Lay Khoon ^a   Wong, Joanna Pik Wan ^a,d   Yeap, Guan Yeow ^b   Lin, Hong Cheu ^c   Ong, Siew Teng ^a   Koh, Teck Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nematic; P n (dimethylamino)benzylidene p alkyloxyanilines; Schiff base; Structure property relationships

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATIVE INTERACTIONS; END GROUPS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MESOGENIC; MESOMORPHIC PROPERTY; MESOPHASE; MOLECULAR AXIS; NEMATIC; NEMATIC PHASE; ONE-TERMINAL; P-N-(DIMETHYLAMINO)BENZYLIDENE-P-ALKYLOXYANILINES; POLARIZABILITY; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCHIFF BASE; SCHIFF'S BASE; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TITLE COMPOUNDS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 67651244461     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590902957449     Document Type: Article

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