Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Volume 2--Processing and Applications

✍ Scribed by Vijay Kumar Thakur, Michael R. Kessler (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 535
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book introduces various applications of liquid crystalline polymers as the emerging new class of high performance novel materials. The authors detail the advantageous properties of these LCs including optical anisotropic, transparency and easy control over structure. This interdisciplinary work includes valuable input from international projects with special focus on the use of liquid crystalline polymers and/or nanocomposites.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Liquid Crystals Order in Polymeric Microchannels....Pages 1-14
Novel Liquid Crystal Polymers with Tailored Chemical Structure for High Barrier, Mechanical and Tribological Performance....Pages 15-39
Selected Mechanical Properties of Uniaxial Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Elastomers....Pages 41-68
Recent Advances in the Rheology of Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymers....Pages 69-102
Liquid Crystalline Polymer and Its Composites: Chemistry and Recent Advances....Pages 103-131
Effect of Polymer Network in Polymer Dispersed Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (PSFLC)....Pages 133-167
Electro-optic and Dielectric Responses in PDLC Composite Systems....Pages 169-195
UV-Cured Networks Containing Liquid Crystalline Phases: State of the Art and Perspectives....Pages 197-219
Liquid Crystal Diffraction Gratings Using Photocrosslinkable Liquid Crystalline Polymer Films as Alignment Layers....Pages 221-240
Liquid Crystalline Polymer Blends as Fillers for Self-Reinforcing Polymer Composites....Pages 241-264
Optical Fredericks Transition in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Layer....Pages 265-295
New Liquid Crystalline Poly(azomethine esters) Derived from PET Waste Bottles....Pages 297-313
Liquid Crystalline Polymer Composites for Optoelectronics....Pages 315-338
Functional Materials from Liquid Crystalline Cellulose Derivatives: Synthetic Routes, Characterization and Applications....Pages 339-368
Liquid Crystal Polymers as Matrices for Arrangement of Inorganic Nanoparticles....Pages 369-387
Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Advances and Applications....Pages 389-415
Liquid Crystalline Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistor Materials....Pages 417-436
Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers for Photoresponsive Artificial Muscles....Pages 437-457
Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Resin Based Nanocomposite....Pages 459-487
Synthesis of Functional Liquid Crystalline Polymers for Exfoliated Clay Nanocomposites....Pages 489-509
Liquid Crystalline Polymers as Tools for the Formation of Nanohybrids....Pages 511-531
Back Matter....Pages 533-535

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology; Polymer Sciences; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

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