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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2925| Title: | Discotic liquid crystals |
| Authors: | Chandrasekhar, S. Ranganath, G.S. |
| Issue Date: | Jan-1990 |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Citation: | Reports on Progress in Physics, 1990, Vol.53, p57-84 |
| Abstract: | Recent studies have established that many compounds composed of disc-shaped molecules exhibit stable thermotropic liquid crystalline phases. They are now referred to as discotic liquid crystals. Structurally, most of them fall into two distinct categories, the columnar and the nematic. The columnar phase, in its simplest form, has long-range translational periodicity in two dimensions and liquid-like disorder in the third, whereas the nematic phase is an orientationally ordered arrangement of discs without any long-range translational order. This review article describes the detailed structures of the various discotic phases and some of their important physical properties. |
| Description: | Restricted Access. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2925 |
| ISSN: | 0034-4885 1361-6633 |
| Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/53/1/002 |
| Copyright: | 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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| 1990 Rep Prog Phys V53 p57.pdf Restricted Access | Restricted Access | 1.15 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open Request a copy |
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