Journal
LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 109-118Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02678290701817326
Keywords
X-ray diffraction; uniaxial-biaxial phase transition; biaxial nematic phase; bent-core mesogen
Ask authors/readers for more resources
X-ray diffraction patterns for the uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases exhibited by rigid bent-core mesogens were calculated using a simple model for the molecular form factor and a modified Lorentzian structure factor. The X-ray diffraction patterns depend strongly on the extent of the alignment of the molecular axes as well as the orientation of molecular planes. The X-ray diffraction can be unequivocally used to identify the biaxial nematic phase, study the uniaxial-biaxial phase transition, and estimate the order parameters of the nematic phase.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available