Mainchain LCPs

Tm etc. for the mesophase transitions and by Ti for the transition to an isotropic melt. The presence of such a mesophase (for mainchain LCP systems usually a nematic one) offers the possibility to use these polymers as a reinforcing fibre phase in so-called self-reinforcing composite systems. 

As sparse as the dataset describing mainchain nematic LCP blends with conventional polymers is, it is rich compared to the almost non-existent data on the blending of other types of LCPs-side chain polymers, flexible spacer polymers, smectics, etc. 

Commercially available liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) (e.g., Vectra and Kevlar) exhibit excellent chemical resistance, low flammability, high elastic modulus, and low expansivity (depending on the mainchain orientation... 

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