The effect of molecular architecture on the thermotropic behavior of poly[11-(4′-cyanophenyl-4′-phenoxy)undecyl acrylate] and its relation to polydispersity

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 256-271

  Kasko, Andrea M ^a   Heintz, Amy M ^a   Pugh, Coleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; BINARY MIXTURES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; POLYACRYLATES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION (ATRP); ISOTROPIZATION; POLYDISPERSITY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0031674688     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma971279f     Document Type: Article

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