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In Situ Composites Based on Thermotropic and Flexible Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Guido Crevecoeur  and
Gabriel Groeninckx
Guido Crevecoeur
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Leuven, Laboratory for Macromolecular Structural Chemistry, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, B 3030 Leuven, Belgium
Gabriel Groeninckx
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Leuven, Laboratory for Macromolecular Structural Chemistry, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, B 3030 Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

Blends of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP) and a thermoplastic matrix were compounded. Upon subsequent injection moulding and spinning, the TLCP was deformed into fine fibrils in the matrix, giving in-situ reinforcement. Especially after spinning, the composite fibres contain fibrils with very high aspect ratio, and exhibit mechanical properties in accordance with simple composite models for modulus and strength.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 171: Symposium O – Polymer Based Molecular Composites , 1989 , 165
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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