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Mesomorphism in polymers and its mechanotropic variety for polyethylene in binary polymer blends based on it

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For the first time, an attempt has been made to illustrate the diversity of different forms of mesomorphism in flexible-and rigid-chain linear polymers whose macromolecules do not contain mesogenic groups. The emphasis has been on description of new structural varieties that are equilibrium mesophases from the thermodynamic viewpoint. Concrete examples of unusual two-dimensional and one-dimensional forms of ordering, recently found by the authors for a number of high-molecular-weight compounds, have been given.

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  1. A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Lenin Ave., Moscow, 119991, Russia

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 5, pp. 10–18, September–October, 2005.

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Antipov, E.M., Noordermeer, J.W.M. Mesomorphism in polymers and its mechanotropic variety for polyethylene in binary polymer blends based on it. J Eng Phys Thermophys 78, 844–852 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-006-0002-8

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