Boudraa, KamelBouchaour, TewfikMaschke, Ulrich2013-05-162013-05-1620111542-1406https://dspace.univ-tlemcen.dz/handle/112/19058th Conference on Polymer Solvent Complexes and Intercalates (POLYSOLVAT), Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals ISSN : 1542-1406, DOI : 10.1080/15421406.2011.572019, Issue : 1, Volume : 545, pp. 220-229, 2011.The phase behavior of interpenetrating acrylic polymer network/liquid crystal systems was investigated. The crosslinked polymers were obtained by UV-curing of initial solutions containing a reactive monomer, a crosslinker and a photoinitiator. Experimental phase diagrams were established using polarizing optical microscopy observations of the variation of equilibrium swelling of polymer/liquid crystal systems with temperature. The experimental data were rationalized within a combination of the Flory-Rehner theory of isotropic mixing and the Maier-Saupe theory of nematic ordering.enInterpenetrating polymer networksliquid crystalphase diagramsswelling behaviorArticle