Interplay of thermochromicity and liquid crystalline behavior in poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)s: π-π interactions or planarization of the conjugated backbone?

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 652-654

  Miteva, Tzenka ^a   Palmer, Liam ^b   Kloppenburg, Lioba ^b   Neher, Dieter ^c   Bunz, Uwe H F ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PHASE COMPOSITION; POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED BLACKBONE; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION; PLANARIZATION; POLY P-PHENYLENEETHNYLENE; THERMOCHROMICITY;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0034620467     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9912397     Document Type: Article

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