ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
liquid crystalline aromatic copolymers, solid state order in
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copolymers, wholly aromatic, nature of order in solid state of
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solid state order in aromatic liquid crystalline random copolymers
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Physics
Notes:
Two different models of order in the solid state of wholly aromatic liquid crystalline copolymers (ALCPs), namely the nonperiodic layer (NPL) model of Windle et al. and the paracrystalline lattice (PCL) model of Biswas and Blackwell, have been analyzed with respect to experimental and theoretical observations. The NPL model proposes the formation of ordered domains by matching random sequences between adjacent chains while the PCL model relies on the presence of conformational correlations between adjacent monomers, without explicit sequence matching, to form ordered domains. The presence of three-dimensional order in the quenched state of ALCPs has been reported previously. The initial stages of crystallization are very likely to be assisted by the presence of small sequence matched domains. However, the probabilities for the formation of NPL domains having sizes comparable to those observed experimentally in the quenched state are extremely small. The PCL model, on the other hand, is not hampered by probability statistics and also provides a better fit to the experimental wide-angle x-ray scattering data along the fiber (Z) axis. The reported calorimetric data on ALCPs are also inconsistent with the presence of significant motion between chains, which is required for the NPL crystal to grow during the process of annealing. In contrast, the observation of a slow crystallization process, which converts the quenched hexagonal phase to the ordered orthorhombic phase, is adequately described by the PCL model as occurring via local conformational changes and small axial shifts between adjacent monomers. The observations from dielectric relaxation, nuclear magnetic resonance and dynamical mechanical spectroscopy studies also favor the PCL model over the NPL model of order in the solid state of ALCPs. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.1992.090301208
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