Suppression of phase transitions in a confined rodlike liquid crystal

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 9208-9215

  Grigoriadis, Christos ^a   Duran, Hatice ^c,d   Steinhart, Martin ^e   Kappl, Michael ^c   Butt, Hans Jürgen ^c   Floudas, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

confinement; nanoporous alumina; phase transitions; rodlike liquid crystals; template synthesis

Indexed keywords

CONFINED LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRITICAL NUCLEUS SIZE; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CYANOBIPHENYLS; NANOPOROUS ALUMINA; PORE DIAMETERS; ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS;

ALUMINA; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GLASS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SUPERCOOLING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

4 CYANO 4' PENTYLBIPHENYL; 4-CYANO-4'-PENTYLBIPHENYL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOTION; NITRILES; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 81855169651     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203448c     Document Type: Article

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