INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLY(ESTER AMIDE) IN THE SOLID-PHASE

Authors
ZHANG H DAVIES GR GREEN DI HUBBARD HVS WARD IM
Citation
H. Zhang et al., INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLY(ESTER AMIDE) IN THE SOLID-PHASE, Polymer, 37(26), 1996, pp. 5817-5824
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323861
Volume
37
Issue
26
Year of publication
1996
Pages
5817 - 5824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(1996)37:26<5817:ISSOAN>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Infrared spectroscopy has been used to study the hydrogen bonding cond itions in a nematic liquid crystalline poly(ester amide). The results showed that the material formed interchain hydrogen bonding as a resul t of the inclusion of amide groups in the polymer chains. The hydrogen bonding was found to be stable in the temperature range studied (up t o 150 degrees C). However, the studies suggested that the hydrogen bon d strength was weaker than in polyamide and did not appear to affect t he mechanical properties of the material significantly. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.