Orientational order in liquid crystals by combining H2 and C 13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Calucci, Lucia ^a   Geppi, Marco ^b   Marini, Alberto ^b   Veracini, Carlo Alberto ^b  

^a AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; AZOXYBENZENES; CHEMICAL SHIFT ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL SHIFT TENSORS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DFT METHOD; DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-POWER; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; POLARIZABLE CONTINUUM MODEL; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; SMECTIC-A PHASIS; SOLID STATE NMR;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 78651325672     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041702     Document Type: Article

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