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Theory of nematic ordering in supramolecular systems: Self-assembly of mesogenic groups and self-organization of the system

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The behaviors of two systems are considered: a low-molecular system (a binary mixture of low-molecular components) and a polymer system (mixture of a macromolecules and a low-molecular dopant) whose components reversibly bind to form dimers capable of liquid-crystal ordering. The general theory of binary-mixture structuring, where two processes occur—self-assembly of mesogenic dimers of the mixture components and their self-organization—is presented. The theory demonstrates general laws of the behavior of low-molecular and polymer systems as well as differences related to the features of polymer thermodynamics.

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    T. M. Birshtein, V. M. Amoskov & E. O. Smirnov

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Original Russian Text © T.M. Birshtein, V.M. Amoskov, E.O. Smirnov, 2016, published in Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Ser. A, 2016, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 367–380.

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Birshtein, T.M., Amoskov, V.M. & Smirnov, E.O. Theory of nematic ordering in supramolecular systems: Self-assembly of mesogenic groups and self-organization of the system. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 58, 593–605 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X16040040

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