Prediction of liquid crystalline properties of poly(1,4-phenylene sebacate-oxybenzoate) by Monte Carlo simulation

Polymer

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2003-2010

  Pavel, Dumitru ^a,b   Yarovsky, Irene ^a   Shanks, Robert ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liquid crystalline copolymers; Monte Carlo simulation; Persistence length

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHAIN CONFORMATION; POLY(1,4-PHENYLENE SEBACATE-OXYBENZOATE); POLYMER CHAINS;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; POLY(1,4 PHENYLENE SEBACATE OXYBENZOATE); POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMER PRODUCTION; PREDICTION; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CRYSTALLINITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 13844266991     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.12.050     Document Type: Article

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