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Lyotropic Phases Formed by “Molecular Bottlebrushes”
Author(s) -
Wintermantel Matthias,
Fischer Karl,
Gerle Markus,
Ries Roland,
Schmidt Manfred,
Kajiwara Kanji,
Urakawa Hiroshi,
Wataoka Isao
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199514721
Subject(s) - lyotropic , monomer , polymerization , chemistry , molecule , polymer science , degree of polymerization , crystallography , polymer chemistry , materials science , chemical physics , liquid crystalline , polymer , organic chemistry
Extremely stiff macromolecules in the form of “hairy rods” or more precisely “molecular bottlebrushes” (without a handle) are easily accessible by the polymerization of polymacromonomers. As anticipated from their high degree of stiffness, these molecules form lyotropic, liquid‐crystalline phases, although they consist of “commodity” monomers like styrene and methylacrylate.