Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.68, No.12, 1979-1990, 1998
Synthesis and thermal properties of combined liquid crystalline epoxy resins
Liquid crystalline epoxy resins were prepared by the curing reaction of epoxy and amine compounds with a mesogenic group in the mesomorphic temperature range. Some epoxy resins exhibited a typical liquid crystalline phase. Curing reaction of a mesogenic epoxy compound with an aliphatic amine compound containing cyano biphenyl group was faster than that of another epoxy resins confirmed by thermally controlled Fourier transform infrared measurements. The glass transition temperature of the liquid crystalline epoxy resin containing cyano biphenyl group increased with increasing curing reaction time.
Keywords:ORIENTED POLYMER NETWORKS;INSITU PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;MESOGENIC DIACRYLATE;INFRARED TEMPERATURE;THERMOSETS;ACRYLATES;MONOMERS;PHASE