Methylene-linked liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1407-1414

  Henderson, Peter A ^a   Imrie, Corrie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bend elastic constant; Liquid crystal dimers; Methylene linked; Nematic nematic transition; Twist bend nematic phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855646613     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2011.624368     Document Type: Article

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