A Model of the Blue Phase of Cholesteryl Esters
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 56 (9), 283-287
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01406568008069810
Abstract
A model of the so-called Blue Phase of cholesterogenic liquid crystalline systems is proposed with the molecular axes inclined to the helix axis by a critical angle of 54.74°. This model results in a spherical refraction indicatrix compatible with the lack of birefringence as well as with the cholesteric-like optical properties.Keywords
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