Modelling of liquid crystal polymers at different length scales

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 143-160

  Goldbeck Wood, G ^a   Coulter, P ^a   Hobdell, J R ^b   Lavine, M S ^a,d   Yonetake, K ^c   Windle, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Huntsman Polyurethanes Belgium   (Belgium)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ericksen theory; Frank elasticity; Liquid crystalline polymers; Mesoscale modelling; Molecular modelling; Persistence length

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008638246     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927029808022056     Document Type: Article

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