Studies of the phase transitions, structure, and dynamics for main-chain thermotropic liquid crystalline polyethers and polyurethanes with the same mesogen and spacer units

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4160-4167

  Murakami, Miwa ^a   Ishida, Hiroyuki ^a   Miyazaki, Masayuki ^a   Kaji, Hironori ^a   Horii, Fumitaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING; MESOGEN; SPACER UNITS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYETHERS;

COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYURETHANES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

POLYETHERS;

EID: 0038745580     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma025963s     Document Type: Article

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