Liquid Crystals

Direct decoration of disclinations by solidification-induced band texture and focal-conic texture for a low molar mass liquid crystal
pp. 117-123(7)
Authors: Gu, Qincui; Wu, Changcheng; Chen, Shouxi; Huang, Yong

Unsymmetrical dimers possessing a cholesteryl ester moiety and a difluoro-substituted biphenyl core: synthesis and mesomorphic behaviour
pp. 125-133(9)
Authors: Yelamaggad, C. V.; Mathews, Manoj

Synthesis and studies of some 4-substituted phenyl-4′-azopyridine-containing hydrogen-bonded supramolecular mesogens
pp. 135-141(7)
Authors: Mallia, V. Ajay; Antharjanam, P. K. Sudhadevi; Das, Suresh

Mesophase behaviour and thermal stability of octa-alkoxy substituted phthalocyaninatocobalt (II) complexes
pp. 143-148(6)
Authors: Sleven, Jurgen; Cardinaels, Thomas; Binnemans, Koen; Nelis, Daniël; Mullens, Jules; Hinz-Hübner, Dirk; Meyer, Gerd

Molecular arrangement in a chiral smectic liquid crystal cell studied by polarized infrared spectroscopy
pp. 149-156(8)
Authors: Sigarev, A. A.; Vij, J. K.; Panarin, Y u. P.; Rudquist, P.; Lagerwall, S. T.; Heppke, G.

Thermal behaviour under pressure of the thermotropic cubic mesogen 4′-n-alkoxy-3′-nitrobiphenyl-4-carboxylic acids
pp. 157-164(8)
Authors: Maeda, Yoji; Morita, Koushi; Kutsumizu, Shoichi

Effect of molecular structure on the phase behaviour of some liquid crystalline compounds and their mixtures XII. Binary mixtures of homologues of unsymmetrical 1,4-phenylene bis (4-substituted benzoates)
pp. 165-172(8)
Authors: Naoum, Magdi M.; Nessim, Refaat I.; Saad, Gamal R.; Labeeb, Tayseer Y.

Dimeric liquid crystalline compounds having a central malonic acid moiety: effect of the length of the spacers and terminal chains
pp. 173-179(7)
Authors: Park, Young Suk; Lee, Kyung-Hoon; Lee, Jun-Woo; Jin, Jung-Il

Modelling the chemically induced liquid crystalline phases in mixtures of disc-shaped mesogens: the phase diagram of quadrupolar Gay-Berne discs revisited
pp. 181-190(10)
Author: Bates, Martin A.

Synthesis, mesomorphic and optical properties of isothiocyanatotolanes
pp. 191-198(8)
Authors: Spadło, Anna; Da˛browski, Roman; Filipowicz, Marek; Stolarz, Zofia; Przedmojski, Jan; Gauza, Sebastian; Fan, Claire Y. H.; Wu, Shin-Tson

Ordering of fluoro-mesogens: a statistical approach based on quantum mechanics and computer simulation
pp. 199-204(6)
Authors: Ojha, Durga Prasad; Pisipati, V. G. K. M.

V-shaped switching in ferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures induced by an achiral swallow-tailed material
pp. 205-210(6)
Authors: Wu, S.- L.; Lin, C.- Y.

Phase behaviour of binary mixtures of 4-substituted phenyl 4′-n-alkoxybenzoates
pp. 211-218(8)
Author: Nessim, Refaat I.

Low transition temperature organosiloxane liquid crystals displaying a de Vries smectic A phase
pp. 219-225(7)
Authors: Naciri, J.; Carboni, C.; George, A. K.

Dielectric evidence of an electroclinic effect in the cholesteric phase near a N*-SmA-SmC* multicritical point
pp. 227-234(8)
Authors: Hmine, J.; Legrand, C.; Isaert, N.; Nguyen, H. T.

A dielectric study on the relaxation and switching behaviour of liquid crystals confined within a colloidal network
pp. 235-249(15)
Authors: van Boxtel, M. C. W.; Wübbenhorst, M.; van Turnhout, J.; Bastiaansen, C. W. M.; Broer, D. J.

Influence of the structure of the mesogenic core on the thermotropic properties of ω-unsaturated fluorinated liquid crystals
pp. 251-257(7)
Authors: Fornasieri, Giulia; Guittard, Frédéric; Géribaldi, Serge

High strength disclinations in the nematic and smectic states of 2,5-bis(4-alkoxybenzoyloxy)-p-benzoquinones
pp. 259-263(5)
Authors: Li, Lei; Liu, Ruigang; Zhang, Shuyuan; Li, Zifa