Ionic liquid crystals derived from guanidinium salts: Induction of columnar mesophases by bending of the cationic core

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 976-985

  Antill, Lewis M ^a   Neidhardt, Manuel M ^a   Kirres, Jochen ^a   Beardsworth, Stuart ^a   Mansueto, Markus ^a   Baro, Angelika ^a   Laschat, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

columnar; guanidinium; ion pairs; ionic liquid crystals; smectic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900507753     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2014.896052     Document Type: Article

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