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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1547| Title: | Liquid crystals of disc-like molecules |
| Authors: | Chandrasekhar, S. Sadashiva, B.K. Suresh, K.A. |
| Keywords: | Thermotropic Liquid Crystals Disc-like Molecules Benzene-hexa-n-alka-noates X-ray Diffraction |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Citation: | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2003, Vol.397, p595. Proceedings of the international conference to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the discovery of discotic liquid crystals |
| Abstract: | Thermotropic mesomorphism has been observed in pure compounds consisting of simple disc-like molecules, viz., benzene-hexa-n-alkanoates. Thermodynamic, optical and x-ray studies indicate that the mesophase is a highly ordered lamellar type of liquid crystal. Based on the x-ray data, a structure is proposed in which the discs are stacked one on top of the other in columns that constitute a hexagonal arrangement, but the spacing between the discs in each column is irregular. Thus the structure has translational periodicity in two dimensions and liquid-like disorder in the third. |
| Description: | This was originally published in Pramana, 1977, Vol. 9, p471-480. Click on the alternative location to access this open access version of the article. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1547 |
| ISSN: | 1542-1406 1563-5287 (Online) |
| Alternative Location: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/935 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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