Light scattering measurements of anisotropic viscoelastic coefficients of a main-chain polymer nematic liquid crystal
作者:
Sin-Doo Lee,
R.B. Meyer,
期刊:
Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 1
页码: 15-29
ISSN:0267-8292
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1080/02678299008029190
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
We report the first systematic measurements of elastic coefficients and viscosities that clearly demonstrate the distinction between rigid and semiflexible behaviour of a main-chain polymer nematic liquid crystal, a solution of poly-γ-benzyl glutamate (PBG) in mixed organic solvents. Quasi-elastic Rayleigh scattering studies show a crossover which occurs at a molecular chain length near the persistence length of PBG as the chain length increases. The results are in qualitatively good agreement with recent theoretical predictions for semiflexible chains. It is seen that bending distortions of an individual polymer play an important role in the fundamental nature of nematic elasticity and viscosity.
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