NEMATIC, SMECTIC AND COLUMNAR PHASES OF MAIN-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTAL POLYETHERS

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作者
UNGAR, G
ZHOU, JP
PERCEC, V
CHU, PW
机构
[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD,CTR MOLEC MED,SHEFFIELD S1 4DU,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[2] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV,DEPT MACROMOLEC SCI,CLEVELAND,OH 44106
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10.1002/masy.19950980183
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O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A number of interesting thermotropic mesophases and transitions occur in main-chain polyethers and copolyethers based on aliphatic spacers and various semi-flexible mesogens of the general 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(2-R-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane (RBPE) or 1-(4'-hydroxybiphenyl-4-yl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (TPP) type. The unusual effects described here are (i) nematic-nematic transition, (ii) smectic-B (crystal-B) phase and its shear-induced orientation, (iii) calamitic columnar phase, and (iv) nematic-columnar phase sequence.
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页数:16
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