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PHASE CHOLESTERIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

The cholesteric phase occurs only in optically active substances. It consists of layers resembling the smectic phase but each layer has an order characteristic of a nematic phase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
CONT

[...] l'état cholestérique (les dérivés du cholestérol sont particulièrement aptes à donner cet arrangement) est caractérisé par des plans parallèles et équidistants contenant les molécules.

OBS

On parle d'un cristal à l'état cholestérique, d'un cristal cholestérique ou tout simplement d'un cholestérique. Voir fig. 2 de la source TECHN.

Spanish

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