Studying polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal formation by FTIR spectroscopy. 1. Monitoring curing reactions

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 8982-8988

  Bhargava, Rohit ^a   Wang, Shi Qing ^a   Koenig, Jack L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; CURING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTIC FILMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 12944289749     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990707+     Document Type: Article

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