Small Angle Neutron Scattering experiments on "side-on fixed'''' liquid crystal polyacrylates
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Small Angle Neutron Scattering experiments were carried out on liquid crystalline « side-on fixed» polyacrylates: we observe that the polymer backbone adopts a prolate conformation in the nematic phase. Such anisotropy of the global backbone is larger for smaller
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تاریخ انتشار 2016