Morphology study of a series of azobenzene-containing side-on liquid crystalline triblock copolymers

Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition)

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-268

  Deng, Wei ^a,b   Brûlet, Annie ^c   Albouy, Pierre Antoine ^d   Keller, Patrick ^b   Wang, Xiao Gong ^a   Li, Min Hui ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Phase separation; SANS; Side on liquid crystal; Triblock copolymer

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE SEPARATION;

ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; PERFORATED LAYERS; SANS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAYS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRIBLOCKS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84863472228     PISSN: 02567679     EISSN: 14396203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10118-012-1117-3     Document Type: Article

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