The effect of a lateral alkyloxy chain on the ferroelectric nematic phase
Ewan Cruickshank, Rebecca Walker, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie
Abstract
. This suggests that the lateral alkyloxy chain may adopt conformations in which it lies along the major axis of the mesogenic unit.
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