Characterization of a main-chain semiflexible liquid crystalline polymer: Degree of orientational order

Polymer

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-148

  Arrighi, V ^a   Higgins, J S ^a   Abis, L ^b   Weiss, R A ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Istituto Guido Donegani SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystalline polymers; Main chain semiflexible LCPs; Orientational order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344335752     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-3861(96)81609-0     Document Type: Article

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