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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
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