Spatial Configuration and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Main-Chain Liquid Crystals

Polymer Physics: From Suspensions to Nanocomposites and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 283-322

  Abe, Akihiro ^a   Furuya, Hidemine ^b  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chain segments appended to mesogenic core unit role in stabilizing anisotropic phase of monomer LCs; Phase transition behaviors effect of ordering on thermodynamic properties; Spatial configuration and thermodynamic characteristics of main chain liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885763859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600160.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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