Citation
R. Germer et al., Anomalous electric conductivity in amphiphilic smectic liquid crystals with terminal diol-groups, MOL CRYST A, 331, 1999, pp. 2503-2510
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS
ISSN journal
1058725X
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Volume
331
Year of publication
1999
Part
4
Pages
2503 - 2510
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-725X(1999)331:<2503:AECIAS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Conductivity measurements on a smectic liquid crystal with terminal diol-gr
oups are reported. The average conductivity in the liquid crystalline state
exceeds the conductivity of the isotropic melt by a factor of 2. This stro
ngly unusual behaviour supports the assumption of fast protonic conductivit
y in smectic diols, which is favoured in the ordered liquid crystalline sta
te and less efficient in the disordered isotropic state.