Microstructure and nematic transition in thermotropic liquid crystalline fibers and their single polymer composites

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 771-779

  Kalfon Cohen, Estelle ^a   Marom, Gad ^a   Weinberg, Amotz ^b   Wachtel, Ellen ^c   Migliaresi, Claudio ^d   Pegoretti, Alessandro ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SHENKAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquid crystalline polymer; Nematic transition; Single polymer composite; WAXD

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NEMATIC PHASE; ORTHORHOMBIC STRUCTURE; VECTRAN FIBER; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 34648831512     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.934     Document Type: Article

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