The liquid crystal blue phase induced by bent-shaped molecules with different terminal chain lengths

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zheng, Zhigang ^a   Shen, Dong ^a   Huang, Pei ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENT ANGLE; BENT-SHAPED MOLECULES; BLUE PHASE; BLUE PHASIS; CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DESIGN; TERMINAL CHAIN;

CHAIN LENGTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PHASE INTERFACES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 79959639087     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/6/063037     Document Type: Article

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