Odd-even effect in liquid crystal tetramers

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 501, Issue , 2009, Pages 94-103

  Itahara, Toshio ^a   Tamura, Hisashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biphenyl; Flexible spacer; Liquid crystal tetramer; Odd even effect; Transition property

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL GROUP; ENTROPY CHANGES; FLEXIBLE SPACER; LIQUID CRYSTAL DIMER; LIQUID CRYSTAL TETRAMERS; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITION; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; NEW SERIES; ODD-EVEN EFFECT; ODD-EVEN EFFECTS; SMECTIC PHASIS; TETRAMERS; TRANSITION PROPERTIES; TRANSITION PROPERTY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; MELTING POINT; OLIGOMERS;

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EID: 68149164586     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400802697665     Document Type: Article

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