Synthesis and characterization of novel radical liquid crystals showing ferroelectricity

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 365, Issue 1 PART 2, 2008, Pages 158-169

  Uchida, Yoshiaki ^a   Tamura, Rui ^a   Ikuma, Naohiko ^a   Yamauchi, Jun ^a   Aoki, Yoshio ^b   Nohira, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferroelectricity; Nitroxyl radical; Paramagnetic chiral liquid crystals; Smectic liquid crystals; Spontaneous polarization inversion

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; NITROXYL RADICAL; PARAMAGNETIC CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATION INVERSION; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS;

CRYSTALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; ISOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; POLARIZATION;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 70349266883     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190802064482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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