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Thermotropic liquid crystalline main-chain viologen polymers: Homopolymer-of 4,4′-bipyridyl with ditosylate of trans-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and its copolymers with ditosylate of 1,8-octanediol
Pradip K. Bhowmik,
Weihong Xu,
Haesook Han,
Corresponding Author
Pradip K. Bhowmik
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900Search for more papers by this authorWeihong Xu
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900
Search for more papers by this authorHaesook Han
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900
Search for more papers by this authorPradip K. Bhowmik,
Weihong Xu,
Haesook Han,
Corresponding Author
Pradip K. Bhowmik
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900Search for more papers by this authorWeihong Xu
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900
Search for more papers by this authorHaesook Han
Department of Chemistry University of Detroit Mercy 4001 West McNichols Road P.O. Box 19900 Detroit, Michigan 48219–0900
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