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Title: | Bend and splay elastic constants of a discotic nematic |
Authors: | Raghunathan, V.A. Madhusudana, N.V. Chandrasekhar, S. Destrade, C. |
Keywords: | bend elastic constant splay elastic constant discotic nematic dielectric constants |
Issue Date: | Jul-1987 |
Publisher: | Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. |
Citation: | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1987, Vol.148 , p77- 83 |
Abstract: | We report the dielectric constants and the splay and bend elastic constants of hexan-dodecanoyloxy truxene in the nematic phase, which occurs between two columnar phases. The dielectric anisotropy is positive. The elastic constants are sim10-7 dyne, which is of the same order as for nematics of rod-like molecules. Further, k33 > k11, probably as a consequence of the columnar short range order in the medium. |
Description: | Restricted Access. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2358 |
ISSN: | 1058-725X |
Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268948708071780 |
Copyright: | 1987 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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