Functionalized liquid-crystalline polymers

Perspectives on the application of functional liquid-crystalline polymers and composites including those containing heterocyclic fragments 90MI36. 

Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Functionalized Liquid-Crystalline Polymers... 

Functional Liquid-Crystalline Polymers for Ionic and Electronic Conduction... 

Funahashi M, Shimura H, Yoshio M, Kato T (2008) Functional Liquid-Crystalline Polymers for Ionic and Electronic Conduction. 128 151-179 Furrer A (2005) Neutron Scattering Investigations of Charge Inhomogeneities and the Pseudogap State in High-Temperature Superconductors 114 171-204... 

A relatively new class of polymers, the liquid-crystalline polymers, exhibits orientational order, i.e. alignment of molecules along a common director in the molten state. Liquid-crystalline polymers are used, after solidification, as strong and stiff engineering plastics and fibres. Functional liquid-crystalline polymers with unique electrical and optical properties are currently under development. The fundamental physical and rheological aspects of liquid-crystalline polymers are the third subject of this chapter (section 6.5). 

Rheological Behaviors of Exfoliated Functional Liquid Crystalline Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites... 

The key learnings obtained from the fundamental understanding of exfoliation mechanism of nanoclays in functional liquid crystalline polymers may be leveraged... 

Zadoina L, Soulantica K, Ferrere S, Lonetti B, Respau M, Mingotaud AF, Falqui A, Genovese A, Chaudret B, Mauzac M (2011) In situ synthesis of cobalt nanoparticles in functionalized liquid crystalline polymers. J Mater Chem 21 6988-6994... 

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