Fig. 2 Illustrative examples of mainchain LCs: polymer, dimer, and monomer. The symbols given
for the three dimers and two monomers are used in Fig. 3
Fig. 1 Plot of the isotropization entropy ΔS NI /R versus number-average molecular weight M n for
fractionated DDA-9 samples. The dimer model 9-DDA-9 involves two mesogenic units and one
intervening spacer. The values of ΔS NI /R are expressed in terms of the mole of spacers involved.
Recalculated from the data reported by Blumstein et al. [10]
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for the three dimers and two monomers are used in Fig. 3
Fig. 1 Plot of the isotropization entropy ΔS NI /R versus number-average molecular weight M n for
fractionated DDA-9 samples. The dimer model 9-DDA-9 involves two mesogenic units and one
intervening spacer. The values of ΔS NI /R are expressed in terms of the mole of spacers involved.
Recalculated from the data reported by Blumstein et al. [10]
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