Phase behavior and properties of the liquid-crystal dimer 1′′,7′′-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane: A twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

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

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Cestari, M ^a,b   Diez Berart, S ^c   Dunmur, D A ^a   Ferrarini, A ^b   De La Fuente, M R ^d   Jackson, D J B ^a   Lopez, D O ^c   Luckhurst, G R ^a   Perez Jubindo, M A ^d   Richardson, R M ^e   Salud, J ^c   Timimi, B A ^a   Zimmermann, H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC MODELS; CONFORMATIONAL DISTRIBUTION; DIRECTOR DISTRIBUTION; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON-SPIN RESONANCE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PHASE; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOPHASES; MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; NEMATIC PHASE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; QUADRUPOLAR SPLITTING; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITIONS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEUTERIUM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEPTANE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY SCATTERING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TEMPERATURE;

LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 80053170065     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031704     Document Type: Article

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