Liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 545-551

  Mayer, Sabine ^a   Zentel, Rudolf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY;

LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

ELASTOMER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYMER;

EID: 0038009273     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(03)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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