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(a)
(b)
Figure 2.27. Orders
vs.
temperature of side chain nematic polymers (a)
x
=5,
φ
=
0
.
5 and (b)
x
=3
,φ
=0
.
4. (From Wang & Warner, 1987.)
Experimental results of the order parameter
S
A
of side groups of side
chain liquid crystalline polymers are shown in Figure 2.28, where the
chemical formulae of the side group polymers are
CH
3
(CH
3
)
3
Si O
Si
O
Si(CH
3
)
3
(CH
2
)mO
COO
OCH
3
