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Fracture behavior of heat treated liquid crystalline polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

A. Reyes-Mayer ,
B Alvarado-Tenorio ,
A Romo-Uribe ,
O Flores ,
B Campillo  and
M Jaffe
A. Reyes-Mayer
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nanopolimeros y Coloides, Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62210, MEXICO.
B Alvarado-Tenorio
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nanopolimeros y Coloides, Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62210, MEXICO.
A Romo-Uribe*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nanopolimeros y Coloides, Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62210, MEXICO.
O Flores
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nanopolimeros y Coloides, Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62210, MEXICO.
B Campillo
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nanopolimeros y Coloides, Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62210, MEXICO.
M Jaffe
Affiliation:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark NJ, U.S.A.
*
*To whom correspondence should be addressed: aromo-uribe@fis.unam.mx
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Abstract

Thermotropic polymers are thermally treated in air at temperatures Ta, where ΔT =Ta- Ts→n=40°C, and Ts→n is the solid-to-nematic transition. Samples are extruded thin films of a series of thermotropic random copolyesters termed B-N, COTBP and RD1000. The thermal treatment produces a second endotherm without changing Ts→n for B-N and RD1000. However, for COTBP Ts→n is significantly increased. Regardless of the complex thermal behavior exhibited by the thermotropes, the thermal treatment produces a significant increase in Young's modulus, more than 30% for B-N and over 100% for COTBP. The increase in mechanical modulus is correlated with a thermally-induced fiber-like morphology.

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fracturepolymerkinetics
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1485: Symposium 7D – Advanced Structural Materials—2012 , 2012 , pp. 137 - 142
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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