Disclinations and their interactions in thin films of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 390-396

  Zhang, Shanju ^a   Terentjev, Eugene M ^a   Donald, Athene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; FREE ENERGY; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; HYPERBOLIC PATTERN;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0442295463     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma035240o     Document Type: Article

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