HIGHLY ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY OF A DENDRIMERIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL

Authors
JIN AJ FISCH MR MAHAJAN MP CRANDALL KA CHU P HUANG CY PERCEC V PETSCHEK RG ROSENBLATT C
Citation
Aj. Jin et al., HIGHLY ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY OF A DENDRIMERIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL, The European Physical Journal. B: Condensed Matter Physics, 5(2), 1998, pp. 251-255
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
The European Physical Journal. B: Condensed Matter Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
14346028
Volume
5
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
251 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6028(1998)5:2<251:HAEOAD>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Magnetic and electrical Freedericksz measurements were performed on th e second generation monodendritic liquid crystal G(2)(OH). The deduced elastic constants were found to be exceptionally anisotropic: the spl ay elastic constant K-11 is more than an order of magnitude larger tha n the bend elastic constant K-33, and the twist constant K-22 is appro ximately twice K-33. The results are discussed in terms of molecular c onformations.