Side-chain Liquid Crystal Polymers (SCLCP): Methods and Materials. An Overview

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Side-chain Liquid Crystal Polymers (SCLCP): Methods and Materials. An Overview

Tomasz Ganicz* and Włodzimierz Stańczyk

Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Science, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland

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Received: 5 February 2009; in revised form: 3 March 2009 / Accepted: 9 March 2009 / Published: 11 March 2009

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liquid Crystals)

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Abstract: This review focuses on recent developments in the chemistry of side chain liquid crystal polymers. It concentrates on current trends in synthetic methods and novel, well defined structures, supramolecular arrangements, properties, and applications. The review covers literature published in this century, apart from some areas, such as dendritic and elastomeric systems, which have been recently reviewed.

Keywords: Liquid crystals; side chain polymers; polymer modification; polymer synthesis; self-assembly

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Ganicz, T.; Stańczyk, W. Side-chain Liquid Crystal Polymers (SCLCP): Methods and Materials. An Overview. Materials 2009, 2, 95-128.

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Ganicz T, Stańczyk W. Side-chain Liquid Crystal Polymers (SCLCP): Methods and Materials. An Overview. Materials. 2009; 2(1):95-128.

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Ganicz, Tomasz; Stańczyk, Włodzimierz. 2009. "Side-chain Liquid Crystal Polymers (SCLCP): Methods and Materials. An Overview." Materials 2, no. 1: 95-128.

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