Liquid Crystals, Volume 40, Issue 4 (2013)

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Preliminary Communication

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Increasing pretilt angle by grafting hexafluorobutyl acrylate into the surface of polyimide alignment films via electron beam irradiation
Jieyang Huang, Xu Wang, Jie Gao, Jing Yao, Yuwei Pang, Longbo Luo & Xiangyang Liu
Pages: 435-440
Published online: 04 Jan 2013
AbstractforIncreasing pretilt angle by grafting hexafluorobutyl acrylate into the surface of polyimide alignment films via electron beam irradiation | Full Text | References | PDF (319.4 KB)
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Preliminary Communications

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Antiferroelectric liquid crystals based on the salicylaldimine in connection with linear alkynyl chain
Chiung-Cheng Huang, Chung-Chun Kao, Nai-Ching Wang, Mei-Ching Yu & Shune-Long Wu
Pages: 441-445
Published online: 30 Jan 2013
AbstractforAntiferroelectric liquid crystals based on the salicylaldimine in connection with linear alkynyl chain | Full Text | References | PDF (410.7 KB)
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Original Articles

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Blue phase stability of n-OCB homologue chiral nematic liquid crystal mixtures
Sung-Kyu Hong, Choonghwan Kim, SangJin Park & Hirotsugu Kikuchi
Pages: 446-449
Published online: 25 Oct 2012
AbstractforBlue phase stability of n-OCB homologue chiral nematic liquid crystal mixtures | Full Text | References | PDF (257.3 KB)
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Analysis of focal length of blue-phase liquid crystal (BPLC) cylindrical lens for the light of the various incident angles and polarisations
Hyungki Hong
Pages: 450-457
Published online: 09 Jan 2013
AbstractforAnalysis of focal length of blue-phase liquid crystal (BPLC) cylindrical lens for the light of the various incident angles and polarisations | Full Text | References | PDF (697.4 KB)
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Ionic impurity control by a photopolymerisation process of reactive mesogen
Jong-Ho Son, Seung Beom Park, Wang-Cheol Zin & Jang-Kun Song
Pages: 458-467
Published online: 04 Jan 2013
AbstractforIonic impurity control by a photopolymerisation process of reactive mesogen | Full Text | References | PDF (744.4 KB)
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Cholesterol-based dimeric liquid crystals: synthesis, mesomorphic behaviour of frustrated phases and DFT study
Dipika Debnath Sarkar, Rahul Deb, Nirmalangshu Chakraborty, Golam Mohiuddin, Rahul Kanti Nath & V.S. Rao Nandiraju
Pages: 468-481
Published online: 07 Jan 2013
AbstractforCholesterol-based dimeric liquid crystals: synthesis, mesomorphic behaviour of frustrated phases and DFT study | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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The synthesis and properties of fluoro-substituted analogues of 4-butyl-4′-[(4-butylphenyl)ethynyl]biphenyls
Przemysław Kula, Albert Aptacy, Jakub Herman, Wioleta Wójciak & Stanisław Urban
Pages: 482-491
Published online: 15 Jan 2013
AbstractforThe synthesis and properties of fluoro-substituted analogues of 4-butyl-4′-[(4-butylphenyl)ethynyl]biphenyls | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB)
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Liquid crystal alignment properties of poly(styrenesulphonate)/alkyltrimethylammonium complexes
Hyo Kang, Jeong Gil Seo, Daeseung Kang & Jong-Chan Lee
Pages: 492-498
Published online: 04 Jan 2013
AbstractforLiquid crystal alignment properties of poly(styrenesulphonate)/alkyltrimethylammonium complexes | Full Text | References | PDF (370.6 KB)
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Crossover temperature (TCO) and the temperature gradient of refractive indices of a homologous mixture of 4O.6 and 6O.4
D. Madhavi Latha, V.G. K.M. Pisipati & P.V. Datta Prasad
Pages: 499-502
Published online: 10 Jan 2013
AbstractforCrossover temperature (TCO) and the temperature gradient of refractive indices of a homologous mixture of 4O.6 and 6O.4 | Full Text | References | PDF (326.7 KB)
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Determination of orientational order and effective geometry parameter from refractive indices of some nematics
Anant Kumar
Pages: 503-510
Published online: 07 Jan 2013
AbstractforDetermination of orientational order and effective geometry parameter from refractive indices of some nematics | Full Text | References | PDF (782.4 KB)
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Synthesis and structural studies of smectic C mesogens with terminal perfluoroalkyl chains
Jun Yeol Jang & Young Wook Park
Pages: 511-515
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforSynthesis and structural studies of smectic C mesogens with terminal perfluoroalkyl chains | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Synthesis and smectogenic properties of novel phloroglucinol-based star-shaped liquid crystals containing three peripheral alkyloxylated Schiff base arms
Yew-Hong Ooi, Guan-Yeow Yeap, Chun-Chieh Han, Hong-Cheu Lin, Kenji Kubo & Masato M. Ito
Pages: 516-527
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforSynthesis and smectogenic properties of novel phloroglucinol-based star-shaped liquid crystals containing three peripheral alkyloxylated Schiff base arms | Full Text | References | PDF (1,012.1 KB)
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CdSe quantum dot-dispersed DOBAMBC: an electro-optical study
Swadesh Kumar Gupta, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Pankaj Kumar Tripathi, Rajiv Manohar, Mahesh Varia, Laxmi K. Sagar & Sandeep Kumar
Pages: 528-533
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforCdSe quantum dot-dispersed DOBAMBC: an electro-optical study | Full Text | References | PDF (480.6 KB)
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On the liquid-crystalline properties of methacrylic polymers containing 4′-(4-alkyloxyphenyl)azobenzene mesogens
Karla G. Gutiérrez-Cuevas, Leticia Larios-López, Rosa Julia Rodríguez-González, Bertrand Donnio & Damaso Navarro-Rodríguez
Pages: 534-545
Published online: 15 Jan 2013
AbstractforOn the liquid-crystalline properties of methacrylic polymers containing 4′-(4-alkyloxyphenyl)azobenzene mesogens | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Synthesis and properties of reactive liquid crystal monomers and side-chain liquid crystalline polymers
Jianqiang Xie, Guangming Zhu, Yusheng Tang & Zengping Zhang
Pages: 546-554
Published online: 28 Jan 2013
AbstractforSynthesis and properties of reactive liquid crystal monomers and side-chain liquid crystalline polymers | Full Text | References | PDF (427.7 KB)
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Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of chiral liquid crystal dimers derived from azobenzene and substituted naphthol
Guan-Yeow Yeap, Subramanian Balamurugan & Samikannu Rakesh
Pages: 555-563
Published online: 28 Jan 2013
AbstractforSynthesis and mesomorphic properties of chiral liquid crystal dimers derived from azobenzene and substituted naphthol | Full Text | References | PDF (690 KB)
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