Deuterium NMR study of mobility and fluctuations in nematic and isotropic elastomers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Feio, G ^a,b   Figueirinhas, J L ^a   Tajbakhsh, A R ^c   Terentjev, E M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PHASE TRANSITIONS; CRITICAL FLUCTUATIONS; DEUTERIUM NMR; GLASSY DYNAMICS; NEMATIC ELASTOMERS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; POLYDOMAIN; POLYMER DYNAMICS; POLYSILOXANES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VOGEL-FULCHER;

DEUTERIUM; ELASTOMERS; LABELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RUBBER; SILICONES;

PLASTICS;

EID: 69249181238     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3211107     Document Type: Article

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