Unusual chain configuration of main-chain liquid crystal polyesters having Y-shaped mesogens in nematic phase

Polymer

Volumn 52, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 5830-5835

  Tokita, Masatoshi ^a   Kato, Kazuya ^a   Ishige, Ryohei ^a   Okuda, Shuhei ^a   Kawauchi, Susumu ^a   Okoshi, Kento ^a   Kang, Sungmin ^a   Watanabe, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chain configuration; Main chain liquid crystalline polymer; Nematic liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTROPY; POLYESTERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHAIN CONFIGURATION; ENTROPY CHANGES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; MAIN-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; NEMATIC PHASIS; NEMATIC STRUCTURES; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCHLIEREN TEXTURES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 81555199968     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.10.047     Document Type: Article

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