Liquid-Crystal Polymers [Hardcover]

Drawing a picture of the current situation of this new field, this volume both summarizes the past achievements and analyzes the present unsolved problems.Drawing a picture of the current situation of this new field, this volume both summarizes the past achievements and analyzes the present unsolved problems.Statistical Physics of Liquid-Crystalline Ordering in Polymer Systems (A.R. Khokhlov). Phase Equilibria in Polymer Systems Containing a Liquid Crystalline Phase (S.P. Papkov). Molecular Structure of Polymers with Mesogenic Groups (I.N. Shtennikova). The Mesomorphic State of FlexibleChain Polymers (Yu. K. Godovskii, V.S. Papkov). Thermotropic Liquid-Crystal Polymers with Mesogenic Groups in the Main Chain (S.S. Skorokhodov). CombShaped Liquid-Crystal Polymers (V.P. Shibaev). Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Polymers (Ya. S. Freidzon, V.P. Shibaev). Structural Transformations of Thermotropic Liquid-Crystal Polymers in Electric and Magnetic Fields (R.V. Tal'roze, N.A. Plat?). Rheological Properties of Liquid-Crystal Polymers (V.G. Kulichikhin). HighStrength and HighModulus Fibers from Liquid-Crystal Polymers (A.V. Volokhina, G.I. Kudryavtsev). Index.