Recent developments in discotic liquid crystals

被引:63
作者
Chandrasekhar, S
Prasad, SK
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[1] Ctr Liquid Crystal Res, Bangalore 560013, Karnataka, India
[2] JNCASR, Bangalore 560064, Karnataka, India
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10.1080/001075199181431
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
After a brief introduction to discotic liquid crystals, we describe recent progress in elucidating the properties of the columnar phases as one-dimensional electrical conductors (or molecular wires),fast photoconductors, light emitting diodes and ferroelectrics, all of which have potentially important practical applications.
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