Spontaneous formation of polar liquid crystal in lyotropic solution of helical poly(-benzyl glutamate)

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 516, Issue , 2010, Pages 91-98

  Yen, Chu Chu ^a   Taguchi, Yoshiaki ^a   Tokita, Masatoshi ^a   Watanabe, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polar liquid crystal; Polar nematic; Polar to nonpolar transition; Polarity; Poly(benzyl glutamate); Polypeptide; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POLYPEPTIDES;

NON-POLAR; POLAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLAR NEMATIC; POLARITY; POLY(BENZYL GLUTAMATE);

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 77649166067     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400903400712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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