Liquid crystalline cellulosic elastomers: Free standing anisotropic films under stretching

Cellulose

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1151-1163

  Sena, C ^a   Godinho, M H ^b   Oliveira, C L P ^a   Neto, A M Figueiredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Liquid crystalline cellulose film; Orientational order parameter; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC FILMS; BLOCK-SPIN; CELLOBIOSE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE FILM; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LOCAL ORDERING; MATRIX; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; UNIAXIAL STRESS;

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; FIBERS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

CELLULOSE FILM; CRYSTALLINITY; ELASTOMERS; FIBERS; LIQUIDS; SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79961208284     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-011-9575-2     Document Type: Article

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