Phase behavior of four homologous compounds of 4-n-alkyl-4'- isothiocyanatobiphenyl (nBT) under pressure

Phase Transitions

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 467-481

  Maeda, Yoji ^a   Urban, Stanisaw ^b  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

4 n alkyl 4' isothiocyanatobiphenyl; high pressure mesophases; metastable CrE phase; T P phase diagram

Indexed keywords

COOLING PROCESS; ELEVATED PRESSURE; HOMOLOGOUS COMPOUNDS; I-PHASE; MESOPHASES; METASTABLE CRE PHASE; OPTICAL CELLS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PRESSURE REGIONS; REVERSIBLE TRANSITIONS; T-P PHASE DIAGRAM; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

ALKYLATION; CHROMIUM; HYDROCARBONS; METASTABLE PHASES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77954665271     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2010.491413     Document Type: Article

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