Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-23-1998

Abstract

Magnetic and electrical Freedericksz measurements were performed on the second generation monodendritic liquid crystal G2(OH). The deduced elastic constants were found to be exceptionally anisotropic: the splay elastic constant K11 is more than an order of magnitude larger than the bend elastic constant K33, and the twist constant K22 is approximately twice K33. The results are discussed in terms of molecular conformations.

Keywords

anisotropy, conformations, elasticity, electric field effects, magnetic field effects, molecular orientation, molecules, phase transitions, x ray crystallography, dendritic liquid crystal, elastic constant, Freedericksz transition measurement, liquid crystals

Publication Title

The European Physical Journal B

Rights

© EDP Sciences Springer-Verlag 1998. European Physical Journal B 5 1998 pp. 251-255 Highly anisotropic elasticity of a dendrimeric liquid crystal Petschek R.G. With kind permission of The European Physical Journal (EPJ).

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