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Liquid Crystal Polymer Nanocomposites
- 1st Edition - January 6, 2022
- Editors: P.M. Visakh, Artem Semkin, Zeynep Guven Ozdemir
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 1 2 8 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 1 6 3 - 1
Liquid Crystal Polymer Nanocomposites summarizes, in a comprehensive manner, numerous modern technical research accomplishments on the development of nanocomposites from liquid cr… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLiquid Crystal Polymer Nanocomposites summarizes, in a comprehensive manner, numerous modern technical research accomplishments on the development of nanocomposites from liquid crystalline polymers. It emphasizes various studies at the nano-scale, including discussions of liquid crystalline block copolymers, liquid crystalline epoxy nanocomposites, barrier property studies of liquid crystalline epoxy and their nanocomposites, liquid crystalline polymer-based microfibrillar and nanofibrillar composites, liquid crystalline polymer/nanoplatelet nanocomposites, liquid-crystalline elastomer/graphene oxide nanocomposites, and thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers. It provides detailed information on methods of preparation, the properties of these materials and a discussion on the structure-properties relationship.
With an emphasis on data and experimental results, the book's authors illustrate how the liquid crystal structure can have an impact on the final properties of nanocomposite.
- Contains contributions from leading experts working in this specialized field of research
- Provides detailed information on the preparation, characterization and application of nanocomposites of liquid crystalline polymers
- Presents solutions to both fundamental and applied problems
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Editors biography
- Chapter 1: Liquid crystal polymer nanocomposites: Challenges and opportunities
- Abstract
- 1.1: Liquid crystalline elastomer based nanocomposites
- 1.2: Liquid crystalline polymer/nanoplatelet nanocomposites
- 1.3: Thermotropic liquid crystalline/multi-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites
- 1.4: Liquid crystals/liquid crystal polymers nanocomposites for memory applications
- 1.5: Liquid crystalline polymer-based bio-nanocomposites for spectroscopic applications
- 1.6: Electro-optical response of a monolayer polymer dispersed nematic liquid crystal film doped with surfactant
- 1.7: Liquid crystal and liquid crystal polymer antennas
- 1.8: Polymers for confinement of liquid crystals: Influence of inorganic inclusions
- 1.9: Quantum, all-atom and coarse-grained molecular modeling of liquid crystal polymers
- References
- Chapter 2: Liquid crystalline elastomer based nanocomposites
- Abstract
- 2.1: Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE)
- 2.2: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: Liquid crystalline polymer/nanoplatelet nanocomposites
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction to nanoplatelet
- 3.2: Liquid crystalline polymer/nanoplatelet nanocomposites
- 3.3: Conclusion and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 4: Thermotropic liquid crystalline/multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites
- Abstract
- 4.1: Liquid crystals
- 4.2: Thermotropic liquid crystalline/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites
- 4.3: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Liquid crystals/liquid crystal polymers nanocomposites for memory applications
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Phenomena of memory effect in liquid crystals, liquid crystal polymers and their nanocomposites
- 5.3: Experimental methods to observe memory effect
- 5.4: Memory effect in conventional liquid crystals
- 5.5: Memory effect in liquid crystal polymers and their nanocomposites
- 5.6: Applications of LCs/LCPs based memory effect
- 5.7: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Liquid crystalline polymer-based bio-nanocomposites for spectroscopic applications
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Experimental details: Synthesis of materials and methodology
- 6.3: Spectroscopy and microscopic investigations
- 6.4: Novel applications: Liquid crystalline polymer and bio-nanocomposites
- 6.5: Future aspects and outlook
- References
- Chapter 7: Electro-optical response of a monolayer polymer dispersed nematic liquid crystal film doped with surfactant
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Ionic modification of surface anchoring in PDLC films
- 7.3: Optical model to describe small-angle light scattering
- 7.4: The anomalous diffraction approximation for describing the scattering amplitude matrix of a nematic droplet. Arbitrary director configuration
- 7.5: Simulation of the droplet director configuration
- 7.6: Small-angle structure of the scattered light: Effect of symmetry breaking
- 7.7: Coherent transmittance of PDLC monolayer: Quenching effect
- 7.8: Small-angle distribution of light at the quenching effect implementation
- 7.9: Comparison of the theoretical and experimental data
- 7.10: Effective medium approximation
- 7.11: Multilayer films. Electrically controlled photonic band gaps
- 7.12: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8: Liquid crystal and liquid crystal polymer antennas
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9: Polymers for confinement of liquid crystals: Influence of inorganic inclusions
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Materials and methods
- 9.3: Results and discussion
- 9.4: Applications
- 9.5: Outlook
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 6, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128221280
- eBook ISBN: 9780128221631
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