Macromolecules

Liquid crystalline properties of polyguanidines

J Kim, BM Novak, AJ Waddon

Index: Kim, Jeonghan; Novak, Bruce M.; Waddon, Alan John Macromolecules, 2004 , vol. 37, # 22 p. 8286 - 8292

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Abstract

Modified polyguanidines were prepared, and their liquid crystalline properties were studied using optical polarizing microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Parameters examined include chirality, the uniformity of the lengths of side chains, and attached side-chain mesogens. If the side chains on the repeat units are identical, then polymer has a more ordered structure in both solution and the solid state. Uniform lengths of the side chains are also important. ...