Microbial medium chainlength poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoate] shows liquid crystal behaviour

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-275

  Marchessault, Robert H ^a   Dou, Hongyan ^a   Ramsay, Juliana ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C CP MAS NMR; Characterization; Liquid crystalline elastomer; Medium chainlength PHA; Thermal analysis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; ELASTOMER; POLY(3 HYDROXYNONANOATE); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79551686095     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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