Effect of core group substituents on the monomer mesophase, photocuring, and film viscoelastic properties of mesogenic diacrylates

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1323-1333

  Suresh, Kattimuttathu I ^a   Tamboli, Jaki R ^a   Rao, Butti S ^a   Verma, Suraj ^b   Unnikrishnan, G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical behavior; Liquid crystals; Mesophase behavior; Photocuring; Reactive mesogen

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DAMPING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONOMERS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; PHOTORESISTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

BEFORE AND AFTER; CHIRAL DOPANTS; CROSSLINKED; DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS; DIACRYLATES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; FILM PROPERTIES; FREE FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MESOGENIC; MESOGENIC CORES; MESOPHASE; MESOPHASE BEHAVIOR; MESOPHASES; METHOXY; NETWORK TRANSITION; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL-; PHOTO-DSC; PHOTOCURED FILMS; PHOTOCURING; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZABLE; REACTIVE MESOGEN; VISCO-ELASTIC PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL FILMS;

CROSS LINKING; FILM; MONOMER; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 52949149273     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1141     Document Type: Article

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