Textures and Disclinations in the Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Phase of a Cyanoethyl Chitosan Solution

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 980-986

  Dong, Yanming ^a   Yuan, Qing ^a   Huang, Yong ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical etching; Chitosan cyanoethyl chitosan cholesteric liquid crystal; Disclination; Texture defect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042229752     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(20000401)38:7<980::AID-POLB8>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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