Atomic force microscopy study for supermolecular microstructures in side-chain liquid crystalline polymer films

Langmuir

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3539-3543

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THIN FILMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

INVERSION WALLS; SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; SPLAY ELASTIC CONSTANTS; SUPERMOLECULAR MICROSTRUCTURES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 17444367353     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la047115r     Document Type: Article

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