Photo-induced phase transitions to liquid crystal phases: Influence of the chain length from C8E4 to C14E4

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1305-1322

  Petri, Marcel ^a   Busse, Gerhard ^a   Quevedo, Wilson ^a   Techert, Simone ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entropy driven; Photo induced phase transition; Self assembly; Small angle x ray scattering (SAXS); Time resolved

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION CONTROL; ENTROPY-DRIVEN; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASIS; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITIONS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TIME-RESOLVED;

ENTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROEMULSIONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CHAIN LENGTH;

EID: 77954339633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2031305     Document Type: Article

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