Molecular Conformation and Intermolecular Interactions of Linear and Cyclic Amylose Derivatives in Solution

K Terao, A Ryoki, S Kitamura… - Macromolecular Symposia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Four kinds of rigid and semiflexible ring polymers are synthesized from flexible cyclic
amylose. Their conformational properties in dilute solution are determined from dimensional …

Chain Alignment of a Rigid Ring Polymer in the Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Phase: Cyclic Amylose Tris(n-butylcarbamate) in Tetrahydrofuran and Ethyl Lactate

D Kabata, A Ryoki, S Kitamura, K Terao - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Concentrated solutions of a rigid ring polymer, cyclic amylose tris (n-butylcarbamate)(cATBC
), have lyotropic liquid crystallinity. Phase boundary concentrations of cATBC in …

Polysaccharide‐Based Liquid Crystals

S Saleem, G Muhammad, MM Iqbal… - Polysaccharides …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
About 100 years after the discovery by Reinitzer, Pierre‐Gilles de Gennes was bestowed the
Nobel Prize for the contribution of revolutionizing the liquid crystals by developing methods …