Chitosan as matrix for bio-polymer dispersed liquid crystal systems

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  Marin, Luminita ^a   Popescu, Maria Cristina ^a   Zabulica, Andrei ^a   Uji I, Hiroshi ^b   Fron, Eduard ^b  

^a PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

4 Cyano 4 pentylbiphenyl; Anchoring effect; Chitosan; Ordering coupling at interface; Radial configuration

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING EFFECTS; COUPLING PHENOMENA; DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RADIAL CONFIGURATION; TRANSMISSION SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DROPS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

CHITOSAN;

4 CYANO 4' PENTYLBIPHENYL; 4-CYANO-4'-PENTYLBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHITOSAN; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHITOSAN; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITRILES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84874941774     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.02.028     Document Type: Article

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