Multiple Effects Tailoring the Self-organization Behaviors of Triphenylene Side-chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers via Changing the Spacer Length
- Corresponding author: Sheng Chen, chensheng0729@xtu.edu.cn Hang Luo, hangluo@csu.edu.cn
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Xiang-Hui Han, Xi-Wen Yang, Sheng Chen, Hang Luo, Dou Zhang, Hai-Liang Zhang. Multiple Effects Tailoring the Self-organization Behaviors of Triphenylene Side-chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers via Changing the Spacer Length[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science,
;2018, 36(8): 960-969.
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10.1007/s10118-018-2108-9
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