Microphase-Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (MSFLC): Bistable Switching of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal-Coil Diblock Copolymers

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1538-1545

  Mao, Guoping ^a,d   Wang, Jianguo ^a,e   Ober, Christopher K ^a   Brehmer, Martin ^b   O'Rourke, Mary Jane ^c   Thomas, Edwin L ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^e Polymer Core Technology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0000755087     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm970775f     Document Type: Article

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