Homogeneously aligned liquid-crystal polymer brushes

Advanced Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 821-824

  Peng, Bin ^a   Rühe, Jürgen ^a   Johannsmann, Diethelm ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GLASS; SUBSTRATES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER (LCP) BRUSHES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0343007401     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(200006)12:11<821::AID-ADMA821>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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