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On the Properties of TLCP/PBT Blends Prepared by In Situ Polymerization in PBT Solution  

Choi, Jae-Kon (School of Chemical and Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University)
Park, Il-Soo (School of Chemical and Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University)
Kim, Sun (School of Chemical and Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University)
Choi, Yoo-Sung (School of Chemical and Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University)
Lee, Eung-Jae (School of Chemical and Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University)
Jo, Byung-Wook (School of Chemical and Polymer Science & Engineering, Chosun University)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.39, no.3, 2004 , pp. 217-227 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer(TLCP) containing a triad aromatic ester type mesogenic unit and butylene terephthalate unit(BT) in the main chain was synthesized by polycondensation reaction. The TLCP synthesized showed nematic mesophasic behavior and its transition temperature from solid to mesophase was $260^{\circ}C$. The TLCP/PBT blends were prepared by in-situ polymerization in PBT solution and characterized by differential scanning calorimeter(DSC), thermogavimetric analyzer(TGA), scanning electron microscope(SEM), x-ray diffractometer(XRD), and dynamic mechanical thermal analyze, (DMTA). The blends showed well dispersed TLCP phases with domain sizes $0.05{\sim}0.2{\mu}m$ in the PBT matrix. As the increasing TLCP content from 5 to 20 wt%, ${\Delta}Hm$ values of pure PBT in the blend were increased because TLCP acts as a nucleating agent in the PBT matrix. The mechanical properties of the blends depended on the TLCP contents because the TLCP acted effectively as a reinforcing material in the PBT matrix. The blends showed good interfacial adhesion between the TLCP phase and PBT matrix.The blends prepared by in-situ polymerization showed higher mechanical properties and well dispersed TLCP domains than those of the blends prepared by melt blending.
Keywords
in-situ; blend; TLCP; PBT;
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