Periodically birefringent thin films grown out of the isotropic phase of a bent-core banana-shaped liquid crystal

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 428-429, Issue , 2010, Pages 228-231

  Ma, Qing Lan ^a   Huang, Yuan Ming ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Banana shaped liquid crystal; Bright; Dark; Periodically birefringent thin films; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FRUITS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BANANA-SHAPED LIQUID CRYSTALS; BIREFRINGENT THIN FILMS; BRIGHT; DARK; ISOTROPIC PHASE; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY; PERIODIC MODULATION; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 75749096235     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.428-429.228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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