Liquid-Crystal Polymers

✍ Scribed by A. R. Khokhlov (auth.), N. A. Platé (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 446
• Series: Specialty Polymers
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Drawing a picture of the current situation of this new field, this volume both summarizes the past achievements and analyzes the present unsolved problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Statistical Physics of Liquid-Crystalline Ordering in Polymer Systems....Pages 1-37
Phase Equilibria in Polymer Systems Containing a Liquid-Crystalline Phase....Pages 39-70
Molecular Structure of Polymers with Mesogenic Groups....Pages 71-124
The Mesomorphic State of Flexible-Chain Polymers....Pages 125-162
Thermotropic Liquid-Crystal Polymers with Mesogenic Groups in the Main Chain....Pages 163-192
Comb-Shaped Liquid-Crystal Polymers....Pages 193-249
Liquid-Crystal Polymers of the Cholesteric Type....Pages 251-302
Structural Transformations of Thermotropic Liquid-Crystal Polymers in Electric and Magnetic Fields....Pages 303-338
Rheological Properties of Liquid-Crystal Polymers....Pages 339-382
High-Strength and High-Modulus Fibers from Liquid-Crystal Polymers....Pages 383-418
Conclusion....Pages 419-426
Back Matter....Pages 427-438

✦ Subjects

Inorganic Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials