Polyacetylene Liquid Crystals: New Mesomorphic Materials with High Thermal Stability and Novel Light-Emitting Properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5213, Issue , 2003, Pages 15-25

  Tang, Ben Zhong ^a   Lam, Jacky W Y ^a   Lai, Lo Ming ^a   Xie, Zhiliang ^a   Kwok, Hoi Sing ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conjugated macromolecules; Electroluminescence; Light emitting polymers; Liquid crystalline polymers; Mesomorphism; Photoluminescence; Poly(1 phenyl 1 alkynes); Substituted polyacetylenes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYACETYLENES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM THEORY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CONJUGATED MACROMOLECULES; LIGHT EMITTING POLYMERS; MESOMORPHISM; POLY(1-PHENYL-1-ALKYNES); SUBSTITUTED POLYACETYLENES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 1842788001     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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