Synthesis, thermal and optical behaviour of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers -(4-benzylidene-substituted-aniline-4′-oxy) - [pentyl-4-(4′- phenyl)benzoateoxy]hexane

Phase Transitions

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Yeap, Guan Yeow ^a   Lee, Huey Charn ^a   Mahmood, Wan Ahmad Kamil ^a   Imrie, Corrie T ^b   Takeuchi, Daisuke ^c   Osakada, Kohtaro ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dimer; molecular size; non symmetric; polarizability; terminal substituent

Indexed keywords

BENZYLIDENE; ENANTIOTROPIC NEMATIC PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DIMER; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR SIZE; NON-SYMMETRIC; OPTICAL BEHAVIOUR; POLARIZABILITIES; SMECTIC A PHASE; TERMINAL SUBSTITUENT; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS;

ANILINE; HEXANE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

DIMERS;

EID: 78650400824     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2010.513613     Document Type: Article

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