Thermal behavior and molecular simulation of liquid crystalline polymers containing a pentamethylenic spacer

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-402

  Damian, Cristina ^b   Hurduc, Nicolae ^b   Hurduc, Natalia ^b   Shanks, Robert ^a   Yarovsky, Irene ^a   Pavel, Dumitru ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Isotropisation temperature; Liquid crystalline polymers; Molecular simulation; Order parameter; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MOLECULES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL BEHAVIOR;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0038218047     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0256(03)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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