Rheology of a comblike liquid crystalline polymer as a function of its molecular weight

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 7445-7452

  Fourmaux Demange, V ^a   Brulet A ^a   Cotton, J P ^a   Hilliou, L ^b   Martinoty, P ^b   Keller, P ^c   Boue F ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

COMBLIKE LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; FREQUENCY POWER LAW; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LOSS MODULI; ROUSE MODEL; STORAGE MODULI; ZERO SHEAR RATE VISCOSITY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0032179659     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9714272     Document Type: Article

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