Design of side chain and main chain liquid crystalline polymers containing supramolecular quasi-rigid-rodlike mesogens obtained from collapsed main chain macrocyclics

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3736-3750

  Percec, V ^a   Asandei, A D ^a   Chu, P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CONFORMATIONS; DERIVATIVES; ENTROPY; MOLECULES; MONOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MESOGENS; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYETHERIFICATION; SIDE CHAIN;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030143588     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma951891b     Document Type: Article

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