Ebook: Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Systems. Technological Advances

Content: Self-reinforced composites involving liquid-crystalline polymers : overview of development and applications / Avraam I. Isayev --
Molecular composites of liquid-crystalline polyamides and amorphous polyimides : synthesis, rheological properties, and processing / Ken-Yuan Chang and Yu-Der Lee --
Miscibility, structure, and property of poly(biphenyl dianhydride perfluoromethylbenzidine)-poly(ether imide) molecular composites / Thein Kyu, J.-C. Yang, C. Shen, M. Mustafa, C.J. Lee, F.W. Harris, and Stephen Z.D. Cheng --
Molecular composites via ionic interactions and their deformation-fracture properties / G. Parker, W. Chen, L. Tsou, and M. Hara --
Compatibilization of thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymers with polycarbonate via transesterification by in situ reactive blending / M.J. Stachowski and A.T. DiBenedetto --
Development of in situ reinforced polypropylene fibers for use in formable woven preforms / C.G. Robertson, J.P. de Souza, and D.G. Baird --
Fiber drawing from blends of polypropylene and liquid-crystalline polymers / Y. Qin, M.M. Miller, D.L. Brydon, J.M.G. Cowie, R.R. Mather, and R.H. Wardman --
Fibers of blends with liquid-crystalline polymers : spinnability and mechanical properties / F.P. La Mantia, A. Roggero, U. Pedretti, and P.L. Magagnini --
Processing and physical properties of ternary in situ composites / Byoung Chul Kim, Seung Sang Hwang, Soon Man Hong, and Yongsok Seo --
Blends of poly(amide imides) and liquid-crystalline polymers / Avraam I. Isayev and T.R. Varma --
Materials for polymer-stabilized liquid crystals / L.-C. Chien, M.N. Boyden, A.J. Walz, and C.M. Citano --
Enhancement in response speed of bistable switching for composites of liquid-crystalline polymers and low-molecular-weight liquid crystals / Tisato Kajiyama, Hirokazu Yamane, Hirotsugu Kikuchi, and Jenn Chiu Hwang --
Thermal-induced phase separation in a mixture of functional poly(methyl methacrylate) and low-molar-mass liquid crystals / Thein Kyu, I. Ilies, C. Shen, and Z.L. Zhou --
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals : compositional dependence of structure and morphology / Andrew J. Lovinger, Karl R. Amundson, and D.D. Davis --
The difference between liquid crystals and conformationally disordered crystals / Bernhard Wunderlich and Wei Chen --
Orientation and molecular motion in an aromatic copolyester studied by proton NMR spectroscopy / P.G. Klein, B.W. Evans, and I.M. Ward --
Temperature evolution of the structure of liquid-crystalline main-chain copolyesters / E.M. Antipov, S.D. Artamonova, I.A. Volegova, Yu. K. Godovksy, M. Stamm, and E.W. Fischer --
New generation of mesophases : hydrogen bonds and microphase separation in the formation of liquid-crystal structure in nonmesogenic species / R.V. Talroze, S.A. Kuptsov, T.I. Sycheva, G.A. Shandryuk, and N.A. Platé --
Hybrid liquid-crystalline block copolymers / M. Laus, M.C. Bignozzi, A.S. Angeloni, G. Galli, E. Chiellini, and O. Francescangeli --
Synthesis and chain rigidity of mesogen-jacketed liquid-crystalline polymers based on poly(2,5-disubstituted-styrene) / Qi-Feng Zhou, Xin-Hua Wan, Dong Zhang, and Xin-De Feng --
Identification of highly ordered smectic phases in a series of main-chain liquid-crystalline polyethers / Yeocheol Yoon, Rong-Ming Ho, Edward P. Savitski, F. Li, Stephen Z.D. Cheng, Virgil Percec, and Peihwei Chu --
Ordered liquid-crystalline thermosets / B.A. Rozenberg and L.L. Gur'eva --
Role of curing agent on the nature of the mesophase and the properties of mesogenic epoxy resins / E. Amendola, C. Carfagna, and M. Giamberini.