Preferred Label : liquid-crystalline polymer;
IUPAC definition : Polymeric material that, under suitable conditions of temperature, pressure, and concentration,
exists as a liquid-crystalline mesophase.;
Scope note : a liquid-crystalline polymer can exhibit one or more liquid state(s) with one- or
two-dimensional, long-range orientational order over certain ranges of temperatures
either in the melt (thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer) or in solution (lyotropic
liquid-crystalline polymer).; liquid crystal.;
Origin ID : LT07176;
See also
Polymeric material that, under suitable conditions of temperature, pressure, and concentration,
exists as a liquid-crystalline mesophase.
