Electron microscopic studies on planar texture and disclination of cholesteric mesophases in acyloyl chitosan/acrylic acid composite films

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-48

  Dong, Yan ming ^a   Mao, Wei ^a   Wang, Hui wu ^a   Zhao, Ya qing ^a   Bi, Dan xia ^a   Yang, Liu lin ^a   Ge, Qiang ^a   Ou, Zi qi ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acryloyl chitosan; Cholesteric liquid crystals; Disclination; Permanganic etching; SEM; Texture

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ETCHING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEXTURES;

ACRYLIC ACID; ACRYLOYL CHITOSAN; DISCLINATION; PERMANGANIC ETCHING;

DERIVATIVES;

EID: 33745649380     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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