Synthesis and properties of highly birefringent liquid crystalline materials: 2,5-bis(5-alkyl-2-butadinylthiophene-yl) styrene monomers

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Zhang, Zhenlin ^a,b,c   Zhang, Lanying ^b,c   Guan, Xiaolin ^b,c   Shen, Zhihao ^b,c   Chen, Xiaofang ^b,c   Xing, Guangzhong ^a   Fan, Xinghe ^b,c   Zhou, Qifeng ^b,c  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High birefringence; Liquid crystals; Styrene monomer

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949150042     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290903370272     Document Type: Article

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