Chemically induced twist-bend nematic liquid crystals, liquid crystal dimers, and negative elastic constants

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Adlem, K ^a   Copic M ^b   Luckhurst, G R ^c   Mertelj, A ^b   Parri, O ^a   Richardson, R M ^d   Snow, B D ^a   Timimi, B A ^c   Tuffin, R P ^a   Wilkes, D ^a  

^a Chilworth Technical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIRAL MOLECULE; CHEMICAL INDUCTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DIMER; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MESOGENIC GROUPS; NEMATIC MIXTURES; SPLAY ELASTIC CONSTANTS; TWIST ELASTIC CONSTANT;

DIMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS;

EID: 84883858686     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022503     Document Type: Article

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