Liquid Crystals, Volume 38, Issue 5 (2011)

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A study of a ferroelectric organosiloxane liquid crystal with a high spontaneous polarisation
N.M. Shtykov, V.P. Panov, J.K. Vij & J. Naciri
Pages: 521-529
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforA study of a ferroelectric organosiloxane liquid crystal with a high spontaneous polarisation | Full Text | References | PDF (641.6 KB)
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Substituted crown ethers as central units in discotic liquid crystals: effects of crown size and cation uptake
Martin Kaller, Peter Staffeld, Rüdiger Haug, Wolfgang Frey, Frank Giesselmann & Sabine Laschat
Pages: 531-553
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforSubstituted crown ethers as central units in discotic liquid crystals: effects of crown size and cation uptake | Full Text | References | PDF (3.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Low voltage and high transmittance blue-phase LCDs with double-side in-plane switching electrodes
Yanqing Chen, Yubao Sun & Guoqiang Yang
Pages: 555-559
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforLow voltage and high transmittance blue-phase LCDs with double-side in-plane switching electrodes | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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The temperature and concentration dependence of helical pitch in the mixtures of antiferroelectric compounds with the opposite helical twist sense
M. Tykarska, M. Czerwiński & M. Żurowska
Pages: 561-566
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforThe temperature and concentration dependence of helical pitch in the mixtures of antiferroelectric compounds with the opposite helical twist sense | Full Text | References | PDF (219.3 KB)
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Ferrocene-based novel calamitic metallomesogens containing a 2-phenylbenzoxazole unit: synthesis and characterisation
K.C. Majumdar, Tapas Ghosh & Pranab K. Shyam
Pages: 567-573
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforFerrocene-based novel calamitic metallomesogens containing a 2-phenylbenzoxazole unit: synthesis and characterisation | Full Text | References | PDF (570.8 KB)
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Planar and non-planar solidification of optically organised smectic films
H. Vasseur & K. Djellab
Pages: 575-579
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforPlanar and non-planar solidification of optically organised smectic films | Full Text | References | PDF (643.7 KB)
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Supramolecular main-chain liquid crystalline polymers and networks with competitive hydrogen bonding: a study of increased flexibility on distonic mesogenic hydrogen bond acceptors with networks created from tetrakis-, tris- and bis-functionalised pyridyl networking agents
Matthew D. Hammers, Justin J. Wichman & Kurt N. Wiegel
Pages: 581-587
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforSupramolecular main-chain liquid crystalline polymers and networks with competitive hydrogen bonding: a study of increased flexibility on distonic mesogenic hydrogen bond acceptors with networks created from tetrakis-, tris- and bis-functionalised pyridyl networking agents | Full Text | References | PDF (382.2 KB)
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Synthesis and characterisation of photopolymerisable liquid crystals based on the π-extended fluorene core and their corresponding non-reactive analogues
Jinsoo Kim, Jimin Park, Young Ju Jung, Eun Chol Kim, Taek Ahn, Jae-Won Ka & Mi Hye Yi
Pages: 589-599
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforSynthesis and characterisation of photopolymerisable liquid crystals based on the π-extended fluorene core and their corresponding non-reactive analogues | Full Text | References | PDF (6.4 MB)
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Lehmann rotatory power: a new concept in cholesteric liquid crystals
P. Oswald, L. Jørgensen & A. Żywociński
Pages: 601-613
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforLehmann rotatory power: a new concept in cholesteric liquid crystals | Full Text | References | PDF (562.5 KB)
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Plastic columnar mesomorphism in half-disc-shaped oxovanadium(IV) Schiff base complexes
Chira R. Bhattacharjee, Gobinda Das, Paritosh Mondal, S. Krishna Prasad & D.S. Shankar Rao
Pages: 615-623
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforPlastic columnar mesomorphism in half-disc-shaped oxovanadium(IV) Schiff base complexes | Full Text | References | PDF (1,015.6 KB)
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2-phenylbenzoxazole-containing calamitic liquid crystals: synthesis and characterisation
K.C. Majumdar, Tapas Ghosh, D.S. Shankar Rao & S. Krishna Prasad
Pages: 625-632
Published online: 11 May 2011
Abstractfor2-phenylbenzoxazole-containing calamitic liquid crystals: synthesis and characterisation | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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A helix inversion from the temperature-dependent intramolecular chiral conflict
Zihui Cheng, Kexuan Li, Feifei Wang, Xiaojuan Wu, Jiumei Xiao, Haiquan Zhang, Hui Cao & Huai Yang
Pages: 633-638
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforA helix inversion from the temperature-dependent intramolecular chiral conflict | Full Text | References | PDF (836.9 KB)
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Preorganised effects of a tetramesogenic supermolecule on supramolecular assembly in the liquid crystalline phases
Tsuyoshi Narumi, Yuki Miura, Tomohiro Ashina & Atsushi Yoshizawa
Pages: 639-648
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforPreorganised effects of a tetramesogenic supermolecule on supramolecular assembly in the liquid crystalline phases | Full Text | References | PDF (782.5 KB)
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The effect of lactate unit number in compounds with azo group in the molecular core
Vladimíra Novotná, Věra Hamplová, Miroslav Kašpar, Natalia Podoliak, Alexej Bubnov, Milada Glogarová, Dorothee Nonnenmacher & Frank Giesselmann
Pages: 649-655
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforThe effect of lactate unit number in compounds with azo group in the molecular core | Full Text | References | PDF (368.6 KB)
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Synthesis and phase behaviour of a poly{2,5-bis[(p-ethoxyphenoxy) carbonyl] benzyl acrylate}-based mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline copolymer
Shaojun Chen, Jinlian Hu & Chunpeng Chai
Pages: 657-662
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforSynthesis and phase behaviour of a poly{2,5-bis[(p-ethoxyphenoxy) carbonyl] benzyl acrylate}-based mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline copolymer | Full Text | References | PDF (598.9 KB) | Supplemental
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Discovery of a novel ferrielectric phase of five-layer periodicity in binary mixtures of chiral smectic liquid crystals exhibiting unusual reversed phase sequence
A.D.L. Chandani, Atsuo Fukuda, S. Kumar & Jagdish K. Vij
Pages: 663-668
Published online: 11 May 2011
AbstractforDiscovery of a novel ferrielectric phase of five-layer periodicity in binary mixtures of chiral smectic liquid crystals exhibiting unusual reversed phase sequence | Full Text | References | PDF (675.3 KB)
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Corrigendum

Correction
A detailed derivation of rigorous coupled wave algorithms for three-dimensional periodicliquid-crystal microstructures
Page: 669
Published online: 11 May 2011
CitationforA detailed derivation of rigorous coupled wave algorithms for three-dimensional periodicliquid-crystal microstructures | Full Text | PDF (72.7 KB)
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