Blue phase liquid crystals induced by bent-shaped molecules based on 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-103

  Wang, Haifeng ^a   Zheng, Zhigang ^a   Shen, Dong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

blue phase; liquid crystal; oxadiazole

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862907824     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2011.628704     Document Type: Article

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