Three stage-volume phase transitions of a side-chain liquid crystalline elastomer immersed in nematic solvents

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Matsuyama, Akihiko ^a   Kushibe, Yoshinari ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; MESOGENES; NEMATIC PHASIS; NEMATIC SOLVENTS; NEW CONCEPT; ORDER PARAMETER; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; SIDE-CHAIN; SWELLING BEHAVIOR; THREE STAGES; VOLUME PHASE TRANSITION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; LIQUIDS; RUBBER; SOLVENTS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ELASTOMER; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE TRANSITION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77949596733     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3353611     Document Type: Article

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