ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
liquid-crystalline
;
polymers
;
network
;
fibers
;
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Preliminary results on the synthesis and characterization of anisotropic networks, oriented on a macroscopic scale, are reported. Fiber samples of segmented thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymers bearing the oxypentenyl lateral substituent have been crosslinked via thermally activated radical reaction. This was made possible by immersion of fiber samples in dichloromethane containing t-butylperoxybenzoate as activating agent, thus allowing its diffusion in the samples. Subsequent annealing at 145°C brings us to an anisotropic network with no loss of the original orientation. A mesophase is stabilized and no structural modification is observed by heating samples from room temperature up to 400°C, where thermal decomposition takes place. Crosslinked fibers exhibit good tensile properties, at both room temperature and at 150°C. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 433-438, 1998
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
