Liquid crystalline polymers at interfaces: Deformations and phase transitions

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1089-1113

  Williams, D R M ^a   Halperin, A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ctr Rech Phys Chim Surf Solides   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOGENIC MONOMERS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030393955     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6700(96)00011-1     Document Type: Review

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