Magnetic-field-induced changes of the isotropic-nematic phase transition in side-chain polymer liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5 1, 2003, Pages

  Boamfa M I ^a   Viertler, K ^b   Wewerka, A ^b   Stelzer, F ^b   Christianen, P C M ^a   Maan, J C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BIREFRINGENCE; CONFORMATIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPIN COATING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITION; MAGNETIC FIELD INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIZATION-INTENSITY DOUBLE MODULATED LASER; POLYNORBORNENE; SIDE-CHAIN POLYMER LIQUID CRYSTAL;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 45849155345     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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