Chain conformation of liquid-crystalline polymers studied by small-angle neutron scattering

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 795-828

  Cotton, J P ^a   Hardouin, F ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE LÉON BRILLOUIN   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONFORMATIONS; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING (SANS);

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0030658719     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6700(97)00007-5     Document Type: Review

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