Synergistic ordering of side-group liquid crystal polymer and small molecule liquid crystal: Order and phase behavior of nematic polymer solutionsa

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 208, Issue 19-20, 2007, Pages 2242-2253

  Scruggs, Neal R ^a   Kornfield, Julia A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Liquid crystalline polymers (LCP); NMR; Phase diagrams; refractive index

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PHASE DIAGRAMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CYANOBIPHENYL; ISOTROPIZATION; NEMATIC ORDERS; SYNERGISTIC ORDERING;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 37149052393     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: 15213935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200700342     Document Type: Article

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