Supramolecular thermotropic liquid crystalline materials with nematic mesophase based on methylated hyperbranched polyethylenimine and mesogenic carboxylic acid

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Chen, Yu ^a,b   Shen, Zhong ^b   Gehringer, Lionel ^b   Frey, Holger ^b   Stiriba, Salah Eddine ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Hyperbranched; Mesogen carboxylic acid; Nematic phase; Polyethylenimine; SAXS; Self assembly; Supramolecular liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DENDRIMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHERIMIDES; POLYMERS;

HYPERBRANCHED; MESOGEN CARBOXYLIC ACID; NEMATIC PHASE; POLYETHYLENIMINE; SAXS; SUPRAMOLECULAR LIQUID CRYSTAL;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 30444435089     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200500628     Document Type: Article

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