Morphology development and dynamics of photopolymerization-induced phase separation in mixtures of a nematic liquid crystal and photocuratives

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1416-1424

  Nwabunma, Domasius ^b   Chiu, Hao Wen ^a,b   Kyu, Thein ^b  

^a Gentex Optics   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

LOW MOLAR MASS NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTOCURATIVE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0033907016     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9912296     Document Type: Article

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