Achiral bent-core molecules with a series of linear or branched carbosilane termini: Dark conglomerate phases, supramolecular chirality and macroscopic polar order

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2869-2884

  Zhang, Yongqiang ^a   Baumeister, Ute ^b   Tschierske, Carsten ^b   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^a   Walker, Christopher ^a  

^a MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIRAL COMPOUND; ANTIFERROELECTRICS; BENT-CORE MOLECULES; CARBOSILANES; CONJUGATED AROMATIC CORE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GLASSY STATE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MACROSCOPIC DOMAINS; MACROSCOPIC POLAR ORDER; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS; POLAR ORDER; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; REVERSIBLE TRANSITIONS; SOFT MATTER; SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHIRALITY; SWITCHING MODES; WAVE FORMS;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; CHIRALITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; HYBRID MATERIALS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SWITCHING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

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EID: 77951949370     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm100134f     Document Type: Article

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