Wholly aromatic thermotropic liquid crystalline polyesters of 3,3′-bis(phenyl)-4,4′-biphenol with 4,4′-benzophenone dicarboxylic acid

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 769-785

  Han, Haesook ^a   Bhowmik, Pradip K ^a   Frisch, Kurt C ^b  

^a University of Detroit Mercy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphase; Characterization; High glass transition temperatures; Nematic; Synthesis; Thermotropic polyesters

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCONDENSATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BIPHASE STRUCTURE; NEMATIC PHASE; THERMOTROPIC POLYESTER;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 0031103537     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(199703)35:4<769::AID-POLA23>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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