Surface induced tilt propagation in thin films of semifluorinated liquid crystalline side chain block copolymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Busch, Peter ^a,b,d   Krishnan, Sitaraman ^a   Paik, Marvin ^a   Toombes, Gilman E S ^c   Smilgies, Detlef M ^b   Gruner, Sol M ^b,c   Ober, Christopher K ^a  

^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL SIDE GROUPS; BRAGG RODS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MATRIX; SMECTIC LAYERS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33846420142     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma061009+     Document Type: Article

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