Effect of nonmesogenic crosslinking units on the mesogenic properties of side-chain cholesteric liquid crystalline elastomers

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 625-631

  Meng, Fan Bao ^a   Zhang, Bao Yan ^a   Xiao, Wen Qiang ^a   Hu, Tao Xian ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cholesteric phase; Liquid crystalline elastomers; Polysiloxanes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SILICONES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHOLESTERIC PHASE; CROSSLINKING DENSITY; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; OPTICAL SIGNALS;

ELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMER;

EID: 17444367714     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.21461     Document Type: Article

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