Liquid Crystals, Volume 40, Issue 9 (2013)

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Liquid Crystals, Volume 40, Issue 9 (2013)

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H-shaped symmetrical twin liquid crystalline compounds with polar-terminal substituents
A. K. Prajapati & M. C. Varia
Pages: 1151-1158
Published online: 16 Jul 2013
AbstractforH-shaped symmetrical twin liquid crystalline compounds with polar-terminal substituents | Full Text | References | PDF (578.1 KB)
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Mechanical orientation in thermotropic liquid crystal state and magnetic orientation in solvent evaporation process via lyotropic liquid crystal state of an amphotropic low-bandgap liquid-crystalline π-conjugated polymer
Hiromasa Goto, Aohan Wang, Shigeki Nimori & Kohsuke Kawabata
Pages: 1159-1166
Published online: 12 Jul 2013
AbstractforMechanical orientation in thermotropic liquid crystal state and magnetic orientation in solvent evaporation process via lyotropic liquid crystal state of an amphotropic low-bandgap liquid-crystalline π-conjugated polymer | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Mesogenic behaviour of p-nitrophenyl group linked with biphenyl mesogens via flexible spacers
Toshio Itahara, Akihiro Nishino, Shushi Furukawa & Kaoru Kubota
Pages: 1167-1173
Published online: 16 Jul 2013
AbstractforMesogenic behaviour of p-nitrophenyl group linked with biphenyl mesogens via flexible spacers | Full Text | References | PDF (496.7 KB)
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Novel high birefringent isothiocyanates based on quaterphenyl and phenylethynyltolane molecular cores
Jakub Herman, Jerzy Dziaduszek, Roman Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kędzierski, Krystian Kowiorski, Venkata Sai Dasari, Surajit Dhara & Przemysław Kula
Pages: 1174-1182
Published online: 18 Jun 2013
AbstractforNovel high birefringent isothiocyanates based on quaterphenyl and phenylethynyltolane molecular cores | Full Text | References | PDF (669.8 KB)
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Effect of micelle size and intermicellar distance on the chirality transfer in the intrinsic lyotropic cholesteric phases
Erol Akpinar, Frank Giesselmann & Mahmut Acimis
Pages: 1183-1194
Published online: 05 Jul 2013
AbstractforEffect of micelle size and intermicellar distance on the chirality transfer in the intrinsic lyotropic cholesteric phases | Full Text | References | PDF (638.2 KB)
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Solvatochromic solvent polarity parameters for the characterisation of some cyanobiphenyl nematic liquid crystals
M. S. Zakerhamidi & Sh. Shahrabi
Pages: 1195-1201
Published online: 14 Jun 2013
AbstractforSolvatochromic solvent polarity parameters for the characterisation of some cyanobiphenyl nematic liquid crystals | Full Text | References | PDF (600.2 KB)
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Effects of carbon nanotubes on electro-optic characteristics in vertically aligned liquid crystal display
Young Jin Lim, Surjya Sarathi Bhattacharyya, Weiwei Tie, Hye Ryung Park, Young Hee Lee & Seung Hee Lee
Pages: 1202-1208
Published online: 20 Jun 2013
AbstractforEffects of carbon nanotubes on electro-optic characteristics in vertically aligned liquid crystal display | Full Text | References | PDF (448.9 KB)
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Apolar novel mesogenic symmetric dimers composed of five-ring bent-core monomeric units
S. Radhika, B.K. Sadashiva & V.A. Raghunathan
Pages: 1209-1222
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
AbstractforApolar novel mesogenic symmetric dimers composed of five-ring bent-core monomeric units | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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Active retarder panel used in the twisted nematic mode
Taehyung Kim, Sunhwan Kim & Suk-Won Choi
Pages: 1223-1226
Published online: 08 Jun 2013
AbstractforActive retarder panel used in the twisted nematic mode | Full Text | References | PDF (488.5 KB)
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In situ self-assembled photo-switchable liquid crystal alignment layer using azosilane monomer-liquid crystal mixture system
M.R. Vengatesan, Seung-Ho Lee, Jong-Ho Son, M. Alagar & Jang Kun Song
Pages: 1227-1237
Published online: 07 Jun 2013
AbstractforIn situ self-assembled photo-switchable liquid crystal alignment layer using azosilane monomer-liquid crystal mixture system | Full Text | References | PDF (912.6 KB) | Supplemental
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Azo-functionalised achiral bent-core liquid crystalline materials: effect of presence of –N=N– linkage at different locations in the molecular architecture
N.G. Nagaveni, Prashant Raghuvanshi, Arun Roy & Veena Prasad
Pages: 1238-1254
Published online: 03 Jun 2013
AbstractforAzo-functionalised achiral bent-core liquid crystalline materials: effect of presence of –N=N– linkage at different locations in the molecular architecture | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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Enhanced dielectric and electro-optical properties of a newly synthesised ferroelectric liquid crystal material by doping gold nanoparticle-decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Shashank Tripathi, Jai Prakash, Achu Chandran, Tilak Joshi, Anil Kumar, Ajay Dhar & Ashok M. Biradar
Pages: 1255-1262
Published online: 05 Jun 2013
AbstractforEnhanced dielectric and electro-optical properties of a newly synthesised ferroelectric liquid crystal material by doping gold nanoparticle-decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes | Full Text | References | PDF (994.5 KB)
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Design, synthesis, and characterisation of symmetrical bent-core liquid crystalline dimers with diacetylene spacer
Lan-Ying Zhang, Qi-Kai Zhang & Yu-Dong Zhang
Pages: 1263-1273
Published online: 07 Jun 2013
AbstractforDesign, synthesis, and characterisation of symmetrical bent-core liquid crystalline dimers with diacetylene spacer | Full Text | References | PDF (958.1 KB)
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Order parameter studies from effective order geometry in 4O.Om and 7O.Om liquid crystalline compounds
G. Saraswati Devi, P.V. Datta Prasad, D. Madhavi Latha & V.G.K.M. Pisipati
Pages: 1274-1281
Published online: 07 Jun 2013
AbstractforOrder parameter studies from effective order geometry in 4O.Om and 7O.Om liquid crystalline compounds | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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Novel zigzag-shaped compounds exhibiting apolar columnar mesophases with oblique and rectangular lattices
S. Radhika, M. Monika, B. K. Sadashiva & A. Roy
Pages: 1282-1295
Published online: 14 Jun 2013
AbstractforNovel zigzag-shaped compounds exhibiting apolar columnar mesophases with oblique and rectangular lattices | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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Synthesis, characterisation and liquid crystalline properties of some Schiff base and cinnamate central linkages involving 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazolone ring system and their Cu(II) complexes
B.T. Thaker, D.B. Solanki, B.S. Patel & Neeraj B. Patel
Pages: 1296-1309
Published online: 31 May 2013
AbstractforSynthesis, characterisation and liquid crystalline properties of some Schiff base and cinnamate central linkages involving 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazolone ring system and their Cu(II) complexes | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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Erratum

Correction
Blue phase stability of n-OCB homologue chiral nematic liquid crystal mixtures
Page: 1313
Published online: 23 Jul 2013
CitationforBlue phase stability of n-OCB homologue chiral nematic liquid crystal mixtures | Full Text | PDF (71.7 KB)
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