Transverse nuclear spin relaxation induced by director fluctuations in a nematic liquid crystal polymer. Evaluation of the anisotropic elastic constants

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4060-4069

  Frezzato, Diego ^a   Moro, Giorgio J ^a   Tittelbach, Markus ^b   Kothe, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

NUCLEAR SPIN RELAXATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0042879862     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1592501     Document Type: Article

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