Liquid crystalline polymers as potential auxetic materials

American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-252

  Lui, Puwei ^a   He, Chaobin ^a   Griffin, Anselm C ^a,b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AUXETIC POLYMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0031234924     PISSN: 00323934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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