## Abstract Side‐chain liquid‐crystalline (SCLC) polyurethane elastomers with methoxybiphenyl mesogens pendant on the chain extenders were synthesized by the conventional prepolymer technique and condensation reaction. Two SCLC polyurethanes with mesogens having spacers of six and eight methylene u
Synthesis and characterization of a series of smectic liquid crystalline elastomers
✍ Scribed by Xiao-Zhi He; Bao-Yan Zhang; Ling-Jiu Xiao; Yang Wang; Hai-Quan Wu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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