Detection of phase biaxiality in liquid crystals by use of the quadrupole shift in Xe131 NMR spectra

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jokisaari, Jukka P ^a   Kantola, Anu M ^a   Lounila, Juhani A ^a   Ingman, L Petri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASIS; BIAXIALITY; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; NMR SPECTRUM; NOVEL METHODS; PHASE BIAXIALITY; QUADRUPOLES; SECOND ORDERS; SMECTIC C; TILT ANGLE;

CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; XENON;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 78650974761     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.017801     Document Type: Article

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