This book introduces anisotropic innovations in liquid crystalline polymers as well as new nanocomposite materials and testing techniques. The authors detail the newest discoveries of material properties, material types and phases, and material characterization. This interdisciplinary work creates valuable links that strengthen the approach to the evolving field of liquid crystalline polymers/ materials.
Author(s): Vijay Kumar Thakur, Michael R. Kessler (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: XI, 626
Tags: Nanotechnology; Polymer Sciences; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Resins....Pages 1-17
Structure and Phase Transitions of Polymer Liquid Crystals, Revealed by Means of Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Real-Time Synchrotron WAXD, MAXS and SAXS and Microscopy....Pages 19-52
Block Copolymers Containing Mesogen-Jacketed Liquid Crystalline Polymers as Rod Blocks: Synthesis and Self-Assembly....Pages 53-92
Computer Simulation of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymer Melts and Elastomers....Pages 93-129
Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Controlled Synthesis and Hierarchical Structure Characterization....Pages 131-172
Effects of Hydrogen-Bonding on the Liquid Crystalline Properties of Dendritic Polymers....Pages 173-194
Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals....Pages 195-250
LCP Based Polymer Blend Nanocomposites....Pages 251-272
Liquid Crystalline Polymers from Renewable Resources: Synthesis and Properties....Pages 273-306
Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors with π-Conjugated Liquid Crystalline Polymer....Pages 307-325
Photoactive Liquid Crystalline Polymer....Pages 327-361
Combined Main-Chain/Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Synthesis and Supramolecular Ordering....Pages 363-389
Supramolecular (Hydrogen-Bonded and Halogen-Bonded) Liquid Crystalline Polymers....Pages 391-409
Models of Liquid Crystalline Polymer Fibers....Pages 411-451
Relationship Between Composition, Structure and Dynamics of Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers with Biphenyl Mesogens....Pages 453-476
Introduction to Liquid Crystalline Polymers....Pages 477-499
Smectic Phases of Liquid Crystalline Rod-Like Helical Polymers....Pages 501-515
Metal Containing Liquid Crystalline Polymers....Pages 517-551
Integration of Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers in MEMS/MOEMS....Pages 553-582
Discotic Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Structure and Chemistry....Pages 583-615
Back Matter....Pages 617-626
