Study of phase transitions in liquid crystalline side group polymers via photon transmission method

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 318-322

  Özbek, Haluk ^a,b   Yildiz, Sevtap ^a   Pekcan, Önder ^a   Hepuzer, Yeşim ^a   Yagci, Yusuf ^a   Galli, Giancarlo ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical exponent; Graft copolymer; Liquid crystal homopolymer; Nematic order; Photon transmission technique

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONOMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTONS;

PHOTON TRANSMISSION METHOD;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0037449985     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-0584(02)00300-0     Document Type: Article

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