Design and synthesis of novel calamitic and discotic materials based on the photorefractive carbazole unit

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 518, Issue , 2010, Pages 84-100

  Manickam, M ^a   Iqbal, P ^a   Spencer, N ^a   Ashton, P R ^a   Kumar, S ^b   Donovan, K J ^c   Preece, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic ordering; Calamitic liquid crystals; Carbazole; Discotic liquid crystals; Mesogenic; Photorefractive

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; CALAMITIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; CALAMITICS; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVES; CARBAZOLE UNITS; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; DISCOTIC MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL POLING; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MESOGENICS; MOLECULAR UNITS; PHOTO-REFRACTIVE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS; PHOTOREFRACTIVITY; PURE COMPOUNDS; TRIPHENYLENES;

ANISOTROPY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CRYSTALS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77951178067     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400903568054     Document Type: Article

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