Thermotropic and chiroptical properties of poly{(+)-2,5-bis[4-((S)-2- methylbutoxy)phenyl]styrene} and its random copolymer with polystyrene

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8233-8243

  Liu, Anhua ^a   Zhi, Junge ^a   Cui, Jiaxi ^a   Wan, Xinhua ^a   Zhou, Qifeng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

CHIRAL MONOMERS; CHIRAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 36349004723     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma071141p     Document Type: Article

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