Effect of molecular weight on the phase diagram and thermal properties of poly(styrene)/8CB mixtures

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 960-967

  Benmouna, Farida ^a   Daoudi, Abdelylah ^b   Roussel, Frédérick ^b   Leclercq, Laurent ^a   Buisine, Jean Marc ^b   Coqueret, Xavier ^c   Benmouna, Mustapha ^a   Ewen, Bernd ^a   Maschke, Ulrich ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYSTYRENES; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FLORY-HUGGINS THEORY; ISOTROPIC MIXING; MAIER-SAUPE THEORY; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

MIXTURES;

EID: 0034620443     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma991228d     Document Type: Article

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