Deuteron NMR resolved mesogen vs. crosslinker molecular order and reorientational exchange in liquid single crystal elastomers
- 18 January 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 18 (5) , 4071-4077
Abstract
2H NMR spectroscopy can resolve differences in orientational order and reorientational dynamics between crosslinker and mesogen molecules in liquid single crystal elastomers.Keywords
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