Using the "switchable" quality of liquid crystal solvents to mediate segregation between coil and liquid crystalline polymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3921-3926

  Scruggs, Neal R ^a   Kornfield, Julia A ^a   Lal, Jyotsana ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED ISOTROPIC SOLUTIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL SOLVENTS; MICELLIZATION; SOLVENT QUALITY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 33745759783     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma052414o     Document Type: Article

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