Effect of Organoclay on the Orientation and Thermal Properties of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
The preparation and thermal and thermo-mechanical properties of nanocomposites based on liquid-crystalline polymers (LCP) and organically-modified layered silicate (OMLS) is described. From XRD patterns, very little smectic ordering is present in the pure LCP; in the nanocomposites, the polymer chains tended to orient in the direction of the dispersed clay layers. According to the DSC results, during first heating, the first melting peak represe...
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