Polymerizable bent-core mesogens: Switchable precursors to ordered, polar polymer materials

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1815-1819

  Sentman, Alan C ^b   Gin, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Mesogensnanostructures; Polymerization; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION; PYROELECTRICITY;

SWITCHABLE PRECURSORS;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIAL STATE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037539922     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200250680     Document Type: Article

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