1 Introduction
Multiple ballades from the real to the reciprocal scattering spaces are proposed to explore the fascinating properties recovered by ordinary materials when submitted to the action of external fields. The materials are melts: from structured materials such as liquid crystals, to ordinary amorphous polymers; their molten state will be the reference. The focus in particular will be the very interesting behaviors displayed when they are assembled together in side-chain liquid crystalline polymers (SCLC-Polymers). The external fields considered here are shear flow and hydrostatic pressure. The impact of these external constraints will be examined on the structural, conformational, collective and dynamical characteristics and will point out surprising similarities with the non-linear behavior of complex solutions such as lyotropic systems, concentrated solutions etc.
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Acknowledgments
I am very pleased to thank all those who have contributed to these developments; first of all, my collaborators, P. Baroni and H. Mendil. Second the chemists, who helped and taught me a lot on the mystery of the synthesis; G. Kirsch (Metz University) and S. Lecommandoux (ENSCPB – Bordeaux). I am also extremely grateful to P.D. Olmsted (University of Leeds), H. Brand (University of Bayreuth), P.G. de Gennes (Curie Institute), P. Martinoty (ULP – Strasbourg) for numerous and fruitful scientific discussions.
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Noirez, L. (2008). Complex Melts under Extreme Conditions: From Liquid Crystal to Polymers. In: Borsali, R., Pecora, R. (eds) Soft Matter Characterization. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4465-6_15
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