LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS AS ISING CHAINS - STRETCHING AND SWELLING

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HALPERIN, A
WILLIAMS, DRM
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 20卷 / 07期
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10.1209/0295-5075/20/7/005
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The extension of main-chain liquid crystalline polymers with hairpins in a nematic medium is analogous to the magnetization of a one-dimensional Ising model. The hairpins play the role of domain boundaries, the magnetic field is analogous to the tension while the end-to-end distance corresponds to the magnetization. The elastic free energy thus derived is incorporated into a Flory-type theory of the swelling of a liquid crystalline chain in a good nematic solvent.
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