Synthesis and characterization of a semiflexible liquid crystalline polyester with a broad nematic region

Patrick Mather; Nino Grizzuti; Glenn Heffner; Mathias Ricker; Willie E. Rochefort; Markus Seitz; Hans Werner Schmidt; Dale S. Pearson

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Synthesis and characterization of a semiflexible liquid crystalline polyester with a broad nematic region

Patrick Mather, Nino Grizzuti, Glenn Heffner, Mathias Ricker, Willie E. Rochefort, Markus Seitz, Hans Werner Schmidt, Dale S. Pearson

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In this paper, we report on the synthesis and detailed characterization of a new semiflexible nematic liquid crystalline polyester which could serve as a ‘model’ polyester for a variety of physical and physico-chemical investigations. The polymer is a nematic liquid over a wide temperature range-from the glass transition temperature at 95°C to the isotropic transition at 240°C. We expect this polyester to be particularly useful for studying the effect of flow on the orientation of liquid crystalline polymers, as well as the production and removal of disclinations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	811-826
Number of pages	16
Journal	Liquid Crystals
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02678299408035474
State	Published - Dec 1994

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