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Quenched nematic films of a liquid crystalline polyester were crystall
ized either thermally or by solvent induced crystallization, and their
structural organization was analyzed. All techniques show that the th
ermal crystallization transforms part of the nematic phase into a crys
talline one, the remaining part leaving unchanged. By contrast, the so
lvent induced crystallization does transform a part of the nematic pha
se into a crystalline phase, leaving the residual past in a much more
disordered state resembling the amorphous state.