Phase biaxility in smectic-a side-chain liquid crystalline elastomers

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 615-621

  Storz, Rebekka ^a   Komp, Ansgar ^a   Hoffmann, Anke ^a   Finkelmann, Heino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biaxiality; Lamellar; Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE); NMR; Phase behavior

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; BIAXIALITY; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HEXAMETHYLBENZENE; LAMELLAR; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS (LCE); MESOGENS; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; MOLECULAR ORIGINS; NETWORK DYNAMICS; NMR; QUADRUPOLAR SPLITTING; SIDE-CHAIN; SIDE-CHAIN ELASTOMERS; SMECTIC-A; SPIN PROBE;

BENZENE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; GLASS TRANSITION; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE BEHAVIOR; RUBBER;

PLASTICS;

EID: 65649140822     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800793     Document Type: Article

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