Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.106, No.6, 2530-2540, 1997
Statistics of Wormlike Chains .2. Phase-Transition of Polymer Liquid-Crystals and Its Mixture with Low-Molecular-Weight Liquid-Crystals
A general self-consistent field (SCF) for the mixture of polymer and low molecular weight (LMW) molecules has been derived by variation principle. Considering a Maier-Saupe type of interaction, the analytical expressions of the SCF for polymer liquid crystals (PLCs) and the mixture of PLCs and LMW liquid crystals are obtained, from which the phase behaviors of PLCs as well as the mixture are studied. The theoretical results are in agreement with experimental results by adjusting a parameter.