Structure and morphology of the in situ composites of a liquid crystalline polymer and polycarbonate

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-116

  Hu, X ^a,c   Lin, Q ^a   Yee, A F ^b   Lu, D ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

liquid crystalline polymer; processing; rheology; scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRONS; EXTRUSION; FIBERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYCARBONATES; POLYPROPYLENES;

DRAW RATIO; IN-SITU COMPOSITE; MELT BLENDING; POLYMER FIBER; POLYMER PHASE; SKIN/CORE; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; SUB-MICROMETER FIBERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030974945     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.1750731.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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