Conformational changes at mesophase transitions in a ferroelectric liquid crystal by comparative DFT computational and 13C NMR study

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 10391-10400

  Marini, Alberto ^a   Domenici, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FERROELECTRICITY; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHEMICAL SHIFT ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL SHIFT TENSORS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DFT COMPUTATIONS; DIHEDRAL ANGLES; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; FLEXIBLE PARTS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASE; MESOGENES; MESOPHASE TRANSITION; MESOPHASES; NMR STUDIES; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; RELATIVE ORIENTATION;

CONFORMATIONS;

EID: 77955585044     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp105095m     Document Type: Article

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