Uniaxial to biaxial nematic phase transition in a bent-core thermotropic liquid crystal by polarising microscopy

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-23

  Picken, Stephen J ^a   Dingemans, Theo J ^b   Madsen, Louis A ^c   Francescangeli, Oriano ^d   Samulski, Edward T ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial nematic; polarising optical microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855869431     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2011.631593     Document Type: Article

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