Detection of nematic-smectic phase transition in a semiflexible main-chain liquid crystalline polymer

1993 ◽  
Vol 26 (21) ◽  
pp. 5643-5650 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Hudson ◽  
A. J. Lovinger ◽  
R. G. Larson ◽  
D. D. Davis ◽  
R. O. Garay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Main Chain ◽  
Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Smectic Phase

Rheo-Optics of an Augned Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer

1991 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Srinivasarao ◽  
Raul O. Garay ◽  
H. Henning Winter ◽  
Richard S. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Main Chain ◽  
Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Optical Studies ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Viscosity Coefficients

AbstractRheo-optical studies on aligned and unaligned melts of a main chain thermotropic polyester with flexible spacers are discussed in terms of the predictions of the Ericksen-Leslie equations. It is shown, using conoscopy, that the director is flowaligning at temperatures close to TNI and nonflow-aligning close to a smectic to nematic (TSN) phase transition. The implications of these results are discussed in terms of the change in sign of one of the Leslie viscosity coefficients and interpreted in the framework of the Ericksen-Leslie Theory.

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