Abstract
The Landau-de Gennes free energy expansion coefficients for nematic polymers are evaluated on the basis of a molecular-statistical model. It is proved that the obtained expansion provides a reliable qualitative description of the phase transition to the nematic state for polymers with arbitrary molecular length and rigidity. It is demonstrated that this transition is always of the first-order type and the jump of the order parameter is weakly dependent on the molecular length and rigidity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | l935-l943 |
| Journal | Journal de Physique (Paris), Lettres |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
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