화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.60, No.7, 939-946, 1996
Blends of Pet with Rigid Thermotropic Lcp Having Flexible Side-Groups - Comparison of Their Tensile Properties with Semirigid Main-Chain Tlcp Blends
Two new thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) were synthesized. One is a dimesogenic LCP having a flexible hexamethylene spacer in the main chain, the other is a rigid-type main-chain LCP having alkoxy side groups on the terephthaloyl moiety of the polymer. Blends of LCP with poly(butylene) terephthalate were melt-spun at different LCP contents and different draw ratios to produce a monofilament. Maximum enhancement in the ultimate tensile strength was observed for the blends containing 5% LCP at any draw ratio, and decreased with further increase in LCP content. The initial modulus monotonically increased with increasing LCP content. The tensile properties of the rigid-type LCP blends were higher than those of the flexible main-chain LCP blends.