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Cholesteric Solid Films Formed by Spin‐Coating Solutions of Dicholesteryl Esters
Author(s) -
Tamaoki Nobuyuki,
Moriyama Masaya,
Matsuda Hiro
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000204)39:3<509::aid-anie509>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - spin coating , perpendicular , coating , spin (aerodynamics) , molecule , materials science , spin glass , crystallography , composite material , chemistry , chemical engineering , condensed matter physics , organic chemistry , geometry , physics , thermodynamics , mathematics , engineering
Helical ordering of molecules is shown by solid films formed by spin‐coating solutions of nonpolymeric, high molecular weight dicholesteryl esters (shown schematically). In these three‐dimensionally organized films the axes of the helices are perpendicular to the surface of the glass plate.