Thermodynamic characteristics of chain molecules in the nematic state: PVT studies of main-chain liquid crystal comprising a long oxyethylene-type spacer

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1746-1753

  Abe, Akihiro ^a   Hiejima, Toshihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Zhou, Zhiping ^a,c   Nakafuku, Chitoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CHAIN MOLECULES; DIMER LIQUID CRYSTALS; ISOTROPIC MELT; OXYETHYLENE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33947199828     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma062447j     Document Type: Article

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