A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO THE STRUCTURE OF 4-ALKOXY-4'-CYANOBIPHENYL IN NEMATIC MESOPHASE

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ONO, I [1 ]
KONDO, S [1 ]
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[1] SCI UNIV TOKYO, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, 1-3 KAGURAZAKA, SHINJUKU KU, TOKYO 162, JAPAN
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10.1246/bcsj.66.633
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O6 [化学];
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Computer simulations were carried out to study the structural properties of the nematogens, nOCB (n = 5-8). The order parameters for the individual C-H bonds in the alkoxyl chain decreased stepwise along the chain in a manner similar to that determined by NMR techniques. A small difference in the ratio of molecular length to width for the compounds studied appeared according to the flexibility in the chain. The calculated densities and anisotropies in the self-diffusion coefficients were found to decrease with increasing number of carbons in the chain.
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