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Rheology and Processing of Liquid Crystal Polymers

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. D. Acierno

    1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy

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  2. A. A. Collyer

    1. Division of Applied Physics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

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Part of the book series: Polymer Liquid Crystals Series (PLCS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to liquid crystal polymers

    • A. A. Collyer
    Pages 1-29

  3. Theoretical aspects of the flow of liquid crystal polymers

    • G. Marrucci
    Pages 30-48

  4. Hamiltonian modelling of liquid crystal polymers and blends

    • M. Grmela, B. Z. Dlugogorski
    Pages 49-85

  5. Rheology and processing of liquid crystal polymer melts

    • F. N. Cogswell, K. F. Wissbrun
    Pages 86-134

  6. Rheological and relaxation behaviour of filled LC-thermoplastics and their blends

    • V. G. Kulichikhin, V. F. Shumskii, A. V. Semakov
    Pages 135-184

  7. The morphology and rheology of liquid crystal polymer blends

    • A. A. Collyer
    Pages 185-217

  8. Processing of liquid crystal polymers and blends

    • J. B. Hull, A. R. Jones
    Pages 218-250

  9. Time-dependent effects in lyotropic systems

    • P. Moldenaers
    Pages 251-287

  10. Processing and properties of rigid rod polymers and their molecular composites

    • W.-F. Hwang
    Pages 288-311

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 312-317
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About this book

Liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) have many strange properties that may be utilized to advantage in the processing of products made from them and their blends with isotropic polymers. This volume (volume 2 in the series Polymer Liquid Crystals) deals with their strange flow behaviour and the models put forward to explain the phenomena that occur in such polymers and their blends. It has been known for some time that small ad­ ditions of a thermotropic LCP to isotropic polymers not only gives an improvement in the strength and stiffness of the blend but improves the processability of the blend over that of the isotropic polymer. In the case of lyotropic LCPs, it is possible to create a molecular composite in which the reinforcement of an isotropic polymer is achieved at a molecular level by the addition of the LCP in a common solvent. If the phenomena can be fully understood both the reinforcement and an increase in the proces­ sability of isotropic polymers could be optimized. This book is intended to illustrate the current theories associated with the flow of LCPs and their blends in the hope that such an optimization will be achieved by future research. Chapter 1 introduces the subject of LCPs and describes the ter­ minology used; Chapter 2 then discusses the more complex phenomena associated with these materials. In Chapter 3, the way in which these phe­ nomena may be modelled using hamiltonians is fully covered.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy

    D. Acierno

  • Division of Applied Physics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

    A. A. Collyer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rheology and Processing of Liquid Crystal Polymers

  • Editors: D. Acierno, A. A. Collyer

  • Series Title: Polymer Liquid Crystals Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1511-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-59640-7Published: 31 August 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7176-5Published: 02 August 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1511-4Published: 27 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 318

  • Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Polymer Sciences

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