GRAFTING OF SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTAL MONOMERS ONTO POLYETHYLENE FILM

Authors
BURILLO G MENDOZA R FOMINE S OGAWA T
Citation
G. Burillo et al., GRAFTING OF SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTAL MONOMERS ONTO POLYETHYLENE FILM, Polymer bulletin, 39(4), 1997, pp. 489-494
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
01700839
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
489 - 494
Database
ISI
SICI code
0170-0839(1997)39:4<489:GOSLMO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
In order to obtain films of liquid crystalline polymers, a commercial polyethylene films was grafted with acryloyl chloride using gamma-irra diation, and two tolane-containing alcohols were reacted with the chlo ride to obtain the corresponding acrylates. The morphology changes wer e studied by DSC, X-ray diffractometry and optical microscopy. The cry stallinity of polyethylene films decreased by grafting, and mesophase with spherulites was observed over a wide temperature range.