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X-ray investigation of combined main-chain/side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers

M. NaumannFrank KuschelBernd ReckSiegmar DieleHelmut Ringsdorf

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chemistry.chemical_classificationMaterials scienceMesogenGeneral ChemistryPolymerCondensed Matter PhysicsCharacterization (materials science)Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterCrystallographychemistryChain (algebraic topology)Liquid crystalPhase (matter)Side chainOrganic chemistryGeneral Materials ScienceLayer (electronics)

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Abstract Structural investigations on six combined liquid-crystalline polymers using the X-ray technique are described. The measurements have allowed a characterization of the liquid-crystalline phases and have led to our first ideas about the phase structures. All mesogenic groups are arranged parallel to each other, the shortest segment in the main-chain or in the side-chain determines the smectic layer spacing. A modified designation for liquid-crystalline phases of high polymers is proposed.

https://doi.org/10.1080/02678299008036753