Evolution of surface chemistry and physical properties during thin film polymerization of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1193-1208

  Ma, Kui Xiang ^a,b   Chung, Tai Shung ^a,b   Pallathadka, Pramoda K ^a   Feng, Si Shen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

acid base interactions; Contact angles surface free energy; liquid crystalline polymers; roughness; thin film polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE; ACID BASE INTERACTION; CARBOXY GROUPS; COPOLYESTERS; DIIODOMETHANE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LEWIS ACID; LEWIS BASE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MOLAR RATIO; POLYMERIZATION REACTION; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; TIME EVOLUTIONS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

ACETIC ACID; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; GLYCEROL; LIQUIDS; POLYCONDENSATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYESTERS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

THIN FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

LIFSHITZ-VAN DER WAALS ACID BASE THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COPOLYESTER; THIN FILM POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0033334030     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: 15685616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856199X00875     Document Type: Conference Paper

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