Switchable tackiness and wettability of a liquid crystalline polymer

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5431, 1999, Pages 1246-1249

  De Crevoisier, Guillaume ^a   Fabre, Pascale ^a   Corpart, Jean Marc ^b   Leibler, Ludwik ^a  

^a Elf Atochem   (France)

^b Service Agents d'Interfaces   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WETTING;

ISOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VELOCITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0033588003     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5431.1246     Document Type: Article

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