Molecular dynamics simulations of siloxane-based side chain liquid crystalline polymers

Polymer ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1825-1832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg M. Podojil ◽  
B.L. Farmer ◽  
W.W. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Molecular Dynamics of Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxanes

1996 ◽  
Vol 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Podojil ◽  
B. L. Farmer ◽  
T. J. Bunning ◽  
R. Pachter ◽  
W. W. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Crystalline State ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Flexible Spacer ◽  
Siloxane Oligomers ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractMolecular dynamics simulations have been used to characterize the development and longevity of associations between cholesterol and biphenyl mesogens when attached to linear siloxane oligomers by flexible spacer groups. Single substituents, alternating substituents, and diblock and triblock arrangements of the substituents were considered. The backbone and spacer groups allow sufficient flexibility that long-lived associations between cholesterol mesogens form quite rapidly, as do more fluid associations between biphenyl and cholesterol mesogens. The study of the individual mesogen interactions and how these lead to larger scale aligned structures has provided insight into the nature of the liquid crystalline state in these materials.

scholarly journals Phase Transitions of Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers Having a Terminal Alkyl Chain.

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 687-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiji UJIIE ◽  
Tamami FUKUI ◽  
Kazuko HIGAKI ◽  
Satoshi TAKAHASHI ◽  
Kazuyoshi IIMURA
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Alkyl Chain ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Crystalline Polymers
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