Abstract
The main theme of this work is to support the unusual melt-state rheological properties of the clay-containing nanocomposites of thermotropic liquid crystal polymers by small- and wideangle X-ray scattering. The changes of dispersion of silicate particles in the LCP matrix as well as change in crystal growth of LCP were extensively studied by X-ray scattering in both smalland wide-angle regions. The generalised indirect Fourier transformation technique developed by Glatter was used to study the structural changes in nanocomposites with temperature. This is a new approach recently proposed by us for the quantitative analysis of the nanoparticles dispersion in the polymer matrix.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1632-1639 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics |
| Volume | 211 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Aug 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Clays
- Liquid crystal polymers
- Nanocomposites
- Structures
- X-ray scattering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry