Liquid crystals of disc-like molecules
| dc.contributor.author | Chandrasekhar, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sadashiva, B K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Suresh, K A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-30T06:58:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-11-30T06:58:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.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. | en |
| dc.description.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. | en |
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| dc.identifier.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 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1542-1406 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1563-5287 (Online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1547 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en |
| dc.relation.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/935 | en |
| dc.subject | Thermotropic Liquid Crystals | en |
| dc.subject | Disc-like Molecules | en |
| dc.subject | Benzene-hexa-n-alka-noates | en |
| dc.subject | X-ray Diffraction | en |
| dc.title | Liquid crystals of disc-like molecules | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |