Controlling the Critical Behavior of Paranematic to Nematic Transition in Main-Chain Liquid Single-Crystal Elastomers
Authors:
- George CordoyiannisGCGeorge Cordoyiannis
- Andrija LebarALAndrija Lebar
- Brigita RožičBRBrigita Rožič
- Boštjan ZalarBZBoštjan Zalar
- Zdravko KutnjakZKZdravko Kutnjak
- Slobodan ŽumerSlobodan Žumer
- Felicitas BrömmelFBFelicitas Brömmel
- Simon KrauseSKSimon Krause
- Heino FinkelmannHFHeino Finkelmann
- 18 February 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Macromolecules
- Vol. 42 (6) , 2069-2073
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