Polymeric Liquid Crystals

1. Front Matter

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2. General Developments in the Field of Polymeric Liquid Crystals

   1. Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Phenomenological and Synthetic Aspects

      • Anselm C. Griffin, Shailaja R. Vaidya, Marcus L. Steele

      Pages 1-19

   2. Identification of Mesophases Exhibited by Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers

      • Claudine Noël

      Pages 21-63

   3. Some Physico-Chemical Aspects of Polymeric Liquid Crystals

      • Edward T. Samulski

      Pages 65-82

   4. Conformational Properties of Macromolecules of Mesogenic Polymers in Solutions

      • V. N. Tsvetkov, I. N. Shtennikova

      Pages 83-108

   5. Molecular Theory of Mesomorphic Polymers

      • A. Ten Bosch, P. Maissa, P. Sixou

      Pages 109-117

   6. Concepts in Rheological Studies of Polymeric Liquid Crystals

      • Donald G. Baird

      Pages 119-143

   7. Do Condis Crystals Exist?

      • Bernhard Wunderlich, Janusz Grebowicz

      Pages 145-151

3. Thermotropic Systems

   1. X-Ray Studies of the Structure of HBA/HNA Copolyesters

      • R. A. Chivers, J. Blackwell, G. A. Gutierrez, J. B. Stamatoff, H. Yoon

      Pages 153-166

   2. X-ray Studies of Thermotropic Aromatic Copolyesters

      • John Blackwell, Genaro A. Gutierrez, Robin A. Chivers

      Pages 167-181

   3. Transient Shear Flow Behavior of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Copolyesters

      • D. G. Baird, A. Gotsis, G. Viola

      Pages 183-195

   4. Preliminary Thermal and Structural Studies of Blends Based on a Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Copolyester and Poly(Ethylene) Terephthalate

      • Eugene G. Joseph, Garth L. Wilkes, Donald G. Baird

      Pages 197-216

   5. Structure and Properties of Rigid and Semirigid Liquid Crystalline Polyesters

      • Gia Huynh-Ba, E. F. Cluff

      Pages 217-238

4. Thermotropic Systems: Flexible Main Chain Polyesters

   1. Structure-Property Relations in Flexible Thermotropic Mesophase Polymers: I. Phase Transitions in Polyesters Based on the Azoxybenzene Mesogen

      • R. B. Blumstein, O. Thomas, M. M. Gauthier, J. Asrar, A. Blumstein

      Pages 239-255

   2. Liquid Crystal Polymers: 16 Polar Substituent Effects on Thermotropic Properties of Aromatic Polyesters

      • Qi-Feng Zhou, Robert W. Lenz, Jung Il Jin

      Pages 257-264

   3. Preparation and Properties of Thermotropic Polyamidoesters

      • Leszek Makaruk, Hanna Polanska, Barbara Wazynska

      Pages 265-273

5. Thermotropic Systems: Polymeric Liquid Crystals with Mesogenic Moieties in the Side Group

   1. Photoelastic Behavior of Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks

      • H. J. Kock, H. Finkelmann, W. Gleim, G. Rehage

      Pages 275-293

   2. Structure of Nematic Side Chain Polymers

      • H. Finkelmann, H. J. Wendorff

      Pages 295-302

   3. Cholesteric Polymers with Mesogenic Side Groups

      • Ya. S. Freidzon, N. I. Boiko, V. P. Shibaev, N. A. Platé

      Pages 303-312

   4. Properties of Some Liquid Crystalline Side Chain Polymers in the Electric Field

      • W. Haase, H. Pranoto

      Pages 313-329

This book originated in the Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Polymeric Liquid Crystals held by the Division of Polymer Chemistry in the framework of the 1983 Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society. At the First Symposium in 1977, the literature in this field could be encompassed in a single volume. To­ day, that is no longer possible. The field of Polymeric Liquid Crystals grew, and continues to grow, at a very rapid pace. At present, we know of every major mesophase in its polymeric form and of polymeric glasses, elastomers and fluids in their liquid crystalline form. Every year, new polymeric mesophases are being discovered. The aim of this book is to go beyond a compilation of papers presented at the 1983 ACS Fall Meeting. It is conceived as a learning tool for the benefit of the sci­ entist interested in Polymeric Liquid Crystals. The book is divided into three sections. The first section contains articles discussing synthetic, physico­ chemical, structural and rheological aspects of Polymeric Liquid Crystals in their generality. A chapter on methods currently used in this field is also included. There are also chapters on theoretical and classification aspects of PLCs. These self-contained tutorial chapters provide an introduction to this field as well as to the specific papers given in the book. They provide an exhaustive cover­ age of literature on the subject from its inception to the present.

• X-ray
• chemistry
• crystal
• molecule
• phase transition
• polymer

• University of Lowell, Lowell, USA

  Alexandre Blumstein

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