Polymerization in liquid crystal medium: Preparation of polythiophene derivatives bearing a bulky pyrimidine substituent

Polymers

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-406

  Ohkawa, Satoshi ^a   Ohta, Reina ^a   Kawabata, Kohsuke ^a   Goto, Hiromasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

stacking; conjugated polymer; Liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED STRUCTURE; COPLANARITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL SOLVENT; MAIN CHAINS; POLYTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONOMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYCONDENSATION; TOLUENE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79952820548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym2040393     Document Type: Article

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