Synthesis and properties of liquid crystalline polyacetylenes with different spacer lengths and bridge orientations

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5027-5040

  Lam, Jacky W Y ^a   Kong, Xiangxing ^a   Dong, Yuping ^a   Cheuk, Kevin K L ^a   Xu, Kaitian ^a   Tang, Ben Zhong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ESTERIFICATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BRIDGE ORIENTATION; CARBONYLS; ETHERIFICATION; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYACETYLENES; SPACER LENGTHS; TRANSITION METAL HALIDES;

POLYACETYLENES;

EID: 0034224953     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma992097j     Document Type: Article

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