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Studies of the structure of blends containing two liquid crystal polymers
Author(s) -
DeMeuse Mark T.,
Jaffe Michael
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.1990.220010110
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , liquid crystal , formalism (music) , molecule , crystal structure , solid state , liquid crystalline , characterization (materials science) , crystal (programming language) , polymer blend , component (thermodynamics) , chemical physics , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , crystallography , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , computer science , physics , musical , visual arts , optoelectronics , engineering , programming language , copolymer , art
Blends in which both of the component materials are capable of forming liquid crystalline phases are considered in the present work. Solid‐state characterization data are presented that suggest that chemical reaction is not a dominant event when two such materials are blended in the melt. Also, ideas of small‐molecule liquid crystal mixing are shown to be not applicable to describe the behavior of this system. A formalism for describing blends of liquid crystal polymers, based on Windle's sequence matching arguments, is proposed.