Microscopic vs. macroscopic origin of the Lehmann effect in cholesteric liquid crystals

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Oswald, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES;

ISOTROPIC LIQUID; NEW RESULTS; THERMO-MECHANICAL COUPLING; THERMO-MECHANICAL EFFECTS;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

3-CHLOROCHOLEST-5-ENE; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTERYL CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHOLESTENES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 84859704781     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2012-12010-5     Document Type: Article

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