NMR studies of the ferroelectric SmC* phase

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 935-948

  Cifelli, Mario ^a   Domenici, Valentina ^a   Marini, Alberto ^a   Veracini, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; Carbon 13 NMR; Deuterium NMR; Ferroelectric; Order parameters; SmC* phases; Tilt angles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954288998     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678291003784131     Document Type: Article

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