Notizen: Bestimmung des Helixdrehsinnes cholesterischer Phasen mit der Grandjean-Cano-Methode / Determination of the Helical Sense of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Using the Grandjean-Cano Method
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- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
- Vol. 32 (8) , 899-902
- https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-1977-0818
Abstract
A simple way of determining the helix screw sense of a cholesteric phase using the Grandjean-Cano method is described. The helix pitch as well as its sense is investigated for ten cholesteric phases, induced by mesogenic chiral compounds in the nematic isomere mixture of 4-methoxy-4′-n-butylazoxybenzene (Nematic Phase 4, Merck). For the chiral compounds with nematic-like molecular structure it is found that the screw sense alternates with the number of bonds between the chiral centre and the ring system.Keywords
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