Photo-initiated polymerization of liquid crystalline thiol-ene monomers in isotropic and anisotropic solvents

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 106, Issue 50, 2002, Pages 12874-12883

  Wilderbeek, Hans T A ^a,b   Van der Meer, Mark G M ^a,c   Bastiaansen, Cees W M ^a,b   Broer, Dirk J ^a,c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; IN SITU PROCESSING; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); IRRADIATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

MESOPHASES;

MONOMERS;

EID: 0037137658     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0215419     Document Type: Article

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