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Liquid crystalline polymers : report of the Committee on Liquid Crystalline Polymers, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Liquid Crystalline Polymers.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polymer liquid crystals.
- Liquid crystals.
- Polymers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (120 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Liquid Crystalline Polymers
- Copyright
- Abstract
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Conclusions and Recommendations
- MACROMOLECULAR DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS
- Thermotropic LCPs (Mainchain)
- Thermotropic LCPs (Sidechain)
- Lyotropics
- THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING
- Single Polymer Systems
- Blends
- Dynamics
- PROCESSING
- Thermotropics
- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- BLENDS AND COMPOSITES
- NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES
- 2 Background
- Sidechain Thermotropic LCPs
- Sidechain Lyotropic LCPs
- UNDERSTANDING AND THEORY
- Order-Disorder Transitions in Polymer Fluids
- Mesomorphic Textures and Structures
- Rheology
- Theory
- Thermotropic LCPs
- Lyotropic LCPs
- Fibers
- Films
- Solid-State Forming
- Solid State Morphology
- Molecular Composites
- ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES
- Second-Order NLO Processes
- Third-Order NLO Processes
- REFERENCES
- 3 Properties of Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Current and Desirable Characteristics
- STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
- Injection Molding
- Extrusion
- FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES
- Desirable Electro-Optical Properties
- Currently Available Electro-Optical Properties
- ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY
- 4 Problems and Issues: Recommendations for Further Work
- Sidechain LCPs
- Monomer Costs
- Future Cost Challenges
- Semiflexible LCPs
- Polydispersity and Blends of Polymers
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.
- Tensile Properties
- Thermal Behavior
- Weld Line
- Fillers
- Fiber-Reinforced Composites
- LCP-Containing Polymer Blends
- Blends of LCP and Conventional Polymers
- LCP-LCP Blends
- Appendix A: Federal Funding Levels and Sources for LCP Research
- Appendix B: Glossary of Abbreviations
- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610212507
- 9781280212505
- 1280212500
- 9780309536608
- 030953660X
- 9780585144047
- 0585144044
- OCLC:
- 44958410
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