Role of network nematicity in swelling and phase equilibria of polymer networks in nematic solvents

Polymer

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 5127-5135

  Arai, Yuko O ^a   Urayama, Kenji ^a   Kohjiya, Shinzo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gel; Liquid crystalline network; Volume phase transition

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; MIXTURES; MONOMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLVENTS; SWELLING;

NEMATIC SOLVENTS; NEMATICITY; POLYMER NETWORKS;

POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; MONOMER; POLYMER; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; GEL; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 3042525889     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.05.045     Document Type: Article

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