Spontaneous Nematic Alignment in Conjugated-Polymer Gels
Spontaneous Nematic Alignment in Conjugated-Polymer Gels is a scholarly work, published in 1984 in ''Physical Review Letters''. The main subjects of the publication include materials science, optics, optogenetics, conjugated system, molecular physics, Polydiacetylenes, range, condensed matter physics, birefringence, polymer, toluene, chemical physics, liquid crystal, and self-assembly. The authors report observations of optical birefringence indicative of spontaneous, long-range, nematic alignment in gels of polydiacetylene 4BCMU in toluene.