Phase diagrams and phase separation dynamics in mixtures of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers and low molar mass liquid crystals

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1051-1058

  Chiu, Hao Wen ^a   Zhou, Zheng Long ^a   Kyu, Thein ^a   Cada, Leonorina G ^b   Chien, L C ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CALCULATIONS; EPOXY RESINS; FREE ENERGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUBILITY;

BINARY NEMATIC MIXTURES; NEMATIC ISOTROPIC TRANSITIONS; SIDE CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0029779055     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma951190e     Document Type: Article

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