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Statistical Theory on Polymer Liquid Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Hatsuo Kimura
Hatsuo Kimura*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, Fukui University of Technology, Gakuen 3-6-1, Fukui 910 Japan, htkimura@ccmails.fukui-ut.ac.jp
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Abstract

Based on common molecular model, polymer liquid crystals of hard-rod and flexible main-chain are studied statistical mechanically. The hard-core repulsion and also the attractive potentials are assumed between molecules. The nematic-isotropic phase transitions, and molecular orientations at interfaces in polymers and polymer-liquid crystal composite systems are discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 425: Symposium I – Liquid Crystals for Advanced Technologies , 1996 , 113
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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