Induced smectic phase in mixtures of hyperbranched polyester and liquid crystal mesogens

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 13225-13230

  Kim, Namil ^a   Huang, Tsang Min ^a   Kyu, Thein ^a   Nosaka, Mami ^b   Kudo, Hiroto ^b   Nishikubo, Tadatomi ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENDRIMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIXTURES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POWDERS;

CLEARING TEMPERATURES; COMPOSITION RANGES; HIGHER ORDERS; HYPERBRANCHED POLYESTERS; INDUCED SMECTIC PHASE; MESOGENS; MESOPHASE; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES; PROLONGED ANNEALING; WIDE ANGLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 55649109656     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp803893k     Document Type: Article

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