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Structural Analysis of Liquid Crystal Polymer Based Nanocomposites by X‐Ray Scattering
Author(s) -
Bandyopadhyay Jayita,
Ray Suprakas Sinha,
Bousmina Mosto
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201000016
Subject(s) - thermotropic crystal , nanocomposite , small angle x ray scattering , materials science , polymer , dispersion (optics) , scattering , liquid crystal , rheology , polymer nanocomposite , composite material , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , optics , physics , liquid crystalline , optoelectronics , engineering
The main theme of this work is to support the unusual melt‐state rheological properties of the clay‐containing nanocomposites of thermotropic liquid crystal polymers by small‐ and wide‐angle X‐ray scattering. The changes of dispersion of silicate particles in the LCP matrix as well as change in crystal growth of LCP were extensively studied by X‐ray scattering in both small‐ and wide‐angle regions. The generalised indirect Fourier transformation technique developed by Glatter was used to study the structural changes in nanocomposites with temperature. This is a new approach recently proposed by us for the quantitative analysis of the nanoparticles dispersion in the polymer matrix.