Molecular dynamics simulations of siloxane-based side chain liquid crystalline polymers

Polymer

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1825-1832

  Podojil, Gregg M ^a   Farmer, B L ^a   Adams, W W ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphenyl; Cholesterol; Liquid crystal; Molecular dynamics; Siloxane

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS;

BIPHENYL; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MESOGENS; SILOXANE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0029714075     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-3861(96)87298-3     Document Type: Article

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