Entropic contribution of flexible terminals to mesophase formation revealed by thermodynamic analysis of 4-Alkyl-4′-isothiocyanatobiphenyl (n TCB)

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4870-4875

  Horiuchi, Katsuya ^a   Yamamura, Yasuhisa ^a   Pełka, Robert ^a,b   Sumita, Masato ^a,b   Yasuzuka, Syuma ^a   Massalska Arodz, Maria ^b   Saito, Kazuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; HYDROCARBONS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ADIABATIC CALORIMETRY; ALKYL CHAIN; ALKYL CHAIN LENGTHS; ALKYL GROUPS; CARBON ATOMS; CYANOBIPHENYLS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; HEAT CAPACITIES; MESOPHASE FORMATION; MESOPHASES; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77950682912     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp100301r     Document Type: Article

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