Mechanical Properties of Injection Moulded Binary Blends of Polyethylene with Small Additions of a Liquid Crystalline Polymer

AIP Conference Proceedings: 5th International Conference on Times of Polymers (TOP) and Composites 2010
Tatjana Ivanova, Jānis Zicāns, Ilze Pavlovica, Mārtiņš Kalniņš, Roberts Maksimovs

Results of the investigation of the mechanical properties of polyethylene blend with small (no more than 3 wt.%) additions of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) are reported. Data on the influence of LCP additions on the stress‐strain behaviour in tension, elastic modulus, and long‐term (up to a 1000‐h) creep are obtained. Elastic properties of the materials are analyzed taking into account the effect of self‐reinforcement due to the formation of extended LCP inclusions.

Keywords
Polymer liquid crystals
DOI
10.1063/1.3455618
Hyperlink
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/proceeding/aipcp/10.1063/1.3455618

Ivanova, T., Zicāns, J., Pavlovica, I., Kalniņš, M., Maksimovs, R. Mechanical Properties of Injection Moulded Binary Blends of Polyethylene with Small Additions of a Liquid Crystalline Polymer. In: AIP Conference Proceedings: 5th International Conference on Times of Polymers (TOP) and Composites, Italy, Ischia, 20-23 June, 2010. Melville: American Institute of Physics, 2010, pp.310-312. ISBN 978-0-7354-0804-3. ISSN 0094-243X. e-ISSN 1551-7616. Available from: doi:10.1063/1.3455618

Publication language
English (en)