Structure-Property Relationships for the Thermal Phase Behavior of Discotic Liquid Crystals: The Effect of Branching and Unsaturation in the Side Chains of Disklike Molecules

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 1991, Pages 8577-8583

  Collard, David M ^a   Lillya, C Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 85013265369     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00023a001     Document Type: Article

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