Novel behavior in shear flow orientation of side-chain polymethacrylate nematic liquid crystals

Macromolecules

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4857-4862

  Tokita, Masatoshi ^a   Ikoma, Aya ^a   Ishii, Toshinari ^a   Kang, Sungmin ^a   Watanabe, Junji ^a   Matsuoka, Tatsuro ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW ORIENTATIONS; MESOGENS; METHYLENE GROUPS; NEMATIC DIRECTOR; ORIENTATION BEHAVIORS; ORIENTATION TRANSITION; POLYMETHACRYLATES; SIDE-CHAINS; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84862157046     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma3006763     Document Type: Article

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