Symmetries and alignment of biaxial nematic liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Karahaliou, Panagiota K ^a   Vanakaras, Alexandros G ^a   Photinos, Demetri J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASE; BIAXIAL NEMATICS; BIAXIALITY; CALAMITICS; ELECTRO-OPTIC APPLICATIONS; IR SPECTROSCOPY; NEMATIC SYSTEMS; ORTHORHOMBIC SYMMETRY; PHASE BIAXIALITY;

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 70349628957     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3226560     Document Type: Article

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