Statistical thermodynamics of polymer liquid crystals: Competition between energetic and entropie effects

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4367-4376

  Brostow, Witold ^a   Walasek, Janusz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b KAZIMIERZ PULASKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITIES IN RADOM   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIRAC DELTA FUNCTIONS; GIBBS DISTRIBUTION; HELMHOLTZ FUNCTIONS; LANDAU CLASSIFICATION; MEAN FIELD THEORY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030575566     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472253     Document Type: Article

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