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The first part of the paper describes how rigid rods, i.e., liquid crystal polymers can be used as a physical system whose glass transition can be investigated with confidence. For this system the position of the transition and the Volger-Fulcher Law by which it is approached can be derived.
The second part discusses the physics of such molecules giving examples of their chemical structure and the form of networks and fractals formed from them.
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Edwards, S.F., Aharoni, S.M. (1994). Glass transition in polymer molecules and networks. In: Kilian, H.G., Pietralla, M. (eds) Transitions in oligomer and polymer systems. Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, vol 96. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0115729
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