Luminescence-detected phase transitions in lanthanide-containing liquid crystals.
Complexes between lanthanide nitrates and a pro-mesogenic 18-membered diaza-substituted coronand are luminescent both as powders and liquid crystals (between 87 and 195 degrees C), and the phase transitions are detected by monitoring luminescence intensity and lifetime.
Suárez
Stéphane
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institute of Molecular and Biological Chemistry, CH-1015-Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mamula
Olimpia
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Imbert
Daniel
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Piguet
Claude
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Bünzli
Jean-Claude G
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