Structures and phase transformations of odd-numbered asymmetric main-chain liquid crystalline polyesters

Polymer

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3351-3362

  Jeong, Kwang Un ^a   Knapp, Brian S ^a   Ge, Jason J ^a   Graham, Matthew J ^a   Tu, Yingfeng ^a   Leng, Siwei ^a   Xiong, Huiming ^a   Harris, Frank W ^a   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystalline polymers; Morphology; Phase structures

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MONOMERS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYESTERS; MONOCLINIC UNIT CELLS; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (PLM); WIDE ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION (WAXD);

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLINITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MORPHOLOGY; POLYESTER; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646132292     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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