Interplay between nematic ordering and thermomechanical response in a side-chain liquid single crystal elastomer containing pendant azomesogen units

Polymer

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4837-4844

  Domenici, Valentina ^a,b   Ambrožič, Gabriela ^c   Čopič, Martin ^a,d   Lebar, Andrija ^a   Drevenšek Olenik, Irena ^a,d   Umek, Polona ^a   Zalar, Boštjan ^a,d   Zupančič, Blaž ^a   Žigon, Majda ^c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Liquid single crystal elastomer; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Orientational order

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CHAINS; DEUTERIUM; ELASTOMERS; ISOMERS; LIQUIDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTICS;

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; LIQUID SINGLE CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS; THERMO-MECHANICAL RESPONSE; THERMOMECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ELASTOMER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 69849086869     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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