Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Liquid Crystal Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Physics and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2025 | Viewed by 5225
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liquid crystals; epoxy resins; thermal analysis; thermosets; composites; smart polymers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern materials science is focused on the development of task-oriented structures with sophisticated and specific properties. Undoubtedly, this group of materials includes liquid-crystalline polymers (LCPs) and composites.
LCP systems combine the features of liquid crystal (LC) compounds, i.e., anisotropy of optical, dielectric, magnetic, and other properties, with those typical of polymers. Generally, LCPs are characterized by high impact strength, a high modulus of elasticity along the direction of molecular orientation, relatively low viscosity of precursors, melts, or solutions, high chemical and fire resistance, low solubility and solvent resistance, a high glass transition/melting temperature, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. Their areas of application include, among others, coatings, the production of information storage systems, advanced optics and electro-optics, optical filters and polarizers, holographic imaging, and stationary phases for gas chromatography.
This Special Issue aims to present new ideas related to (i) the synthesis of new LCPs and composites, (ii) the characteristics of the specific properties of the obtained systems and methods of manipulating these properties, and (iii) potential applications.
Dr. Maciej Kisiel
Dr. Beata Mossety-Leszczak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- liquid crystallinity
- liquid-crystalline polymers
- oriented/organized polymers
- mesogenic groups
- self-reinforcement
- smart materials
- ordering
- coatings
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