Unusual perpendicular chain orientation in a smectic liquid crystal polyester subjected to shear or elongational flow

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 289, Issue , 1996, Pages 25-43

  Church, Stephen P ^a   Patel, Vijya Laxmi ^a   Khan, Nazir ^a   Bashir, Zahir ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow orientation; Infrared dichroism; Liquid crystalline polyesters; Mesophase; Perpendicular chain orientation

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYESTERS; SHEAR FLOW;

ELONGATIONAL FLOW; FLOW ORIENTATION; INFRARED DICHROISM; ISOPHTHALIC ACID; ISOTROPIC MOLTEN STATE; MESOPHASE; PERPENDICULAR CHAIN ORIENTATION; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; VIBRATIONAL BANDS; BISHYDROXY HEXOXY BIPHENYL;

POLYESTERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030300778     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259608042310     Document Type: Article

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