Order Parameter and Temperature Dependence of the Viscosities of Nematic Semi-Flexible Polymers
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics
- Vol. 153 (1) , 231-240
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948708074539
Abstract
The order parameter and temperature dependence for a complete set of nematic viscosities is computed in the framework of free volume theory for semi-flexible nematic polymers. The effect of the flexibility of the macromolecular chains as well as the effect of the molar mass is also discussed.Keywords
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