Influence of molecular weight on liquid crystalline behavior of linear and star mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal polymers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3232-3244

  Wang, Xingzhu ^a   Zhang, Hailiang ^a   Chen, Erqiang ^b   Wang, Xiayu ^a   Zhou, Qifeng ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization; Mesogen jacketed liquid crystal polymer; Star shaped polymer

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION (ATRP); MESOGEN-JACKETED LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS (MJLCP); POLYDISPERSITIES; STAR-SHAPED POLYMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 25144459659     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.20743     Document Type: Article

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