Carbon-based liquid crystals: Art and science

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1427-1449

  Bisoyi, Hari Krishna ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon electronics; Carbon fibers; Carbon nanotubes; Carbonaceous mesophase; Fullerenes; Graphene; Liquid crystals; Nematic phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862956018     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2011.597882     Document Type: Article

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