Abstract
This paper presents summaries of unique new static and dynamic theories for backbone liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs), side-chain LCPs, and combined LCPs [including the first super-strong (SS) LCPs] in multiple smectic-A (SA) LC phases, the nematic (N) phase, and the isotropic (I) liquid phase. These theories are used to predict and explain new results: (1) solubilities of LCPs in various kinds of solvents, (2) the diffusion (thus, slowest rate of processability) of LCPs, and (3) head-to-tail polymerization of SS LCPs. Melt processability of some SS LCPs is also reviewed. These theories can be applied to almost any kind of organic molecule.
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