Morphology of liquid crystalline epoxy composite matrices based on the diglycidyl ether of 4,4′-dihydroxy-α-methylstilbene

Polymer

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 4707-4714

  Sue, H J ^a   Earls, J D ^b   Hefner Jr , R E ^b   Villarreal, M I ^b   Garcia Meitin, E I ^b   Yang, P C ^b   Cheatham, C M ^b   Plummer, C J G ^c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composite; Liquid crystalline epoxy resin; Molecular orientation

Indexed keywords

CURING; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EPOXY RESINS; ETCHING; GRAPHITE FIBERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

COMPOSITION,CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0032170738     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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