On the way to polar achiral liquid crystals
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 24 (1) , 143-152
- https://doi.org/10.1080/026782998207677
Abstract
A brief review is presented of theoretical predictions and experimental observations concerning polar (pyroelectric, ferroelectric and antiferroelectric) achiral mesomorphic phases.Keywords
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