Liquid crystalline polymers modification through

Formation of composite materials is the effective route to improve the performances of polymeric materials through appropriate stmctural modifications. Remarkable improvement can be obtained in mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical and catalytic properties of the composite materials. Therefore it can be stated that synthesis of composite materials is an efficient way to synthesize newer smart materials (Sun et al. 2013). Liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) are considered as an important class of high performance engineering materials because of their... 

The modification of water soluble polymers for tailored solution behavior has been of interest to many research groups seeking different end uses. Enhanced oil recovery, fracturing fluids, flocculation, associative thickeners, personal care products and many other applications exist for polymers of unique solution behavior. Although the ultimate applications may differ, a common goal of researchers in the water soluble polymer field is a solution viscosity enhanced through polymer-polymer intermolecular associations, often with the stipulation that associations must remain intact in the presence of mono- and divalent salts. To this end our research group has extensively studied the properties of several classes of water soluble polymers. While the majority of our studies have involved ampholytic systems ampholytic ionomers [1], polyampholytes [2,3], polysulfobetaines [4,5] and liquid crystalline ionomers [6], we recently have been... 

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