Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-g7gxr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-06T01:10:27.966Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

A Rigid-Rod Molecular Composile Processed Directly from the Polymerization Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

R. Ross Haghighat
Affiliation:
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA 02254
Richard L. Lusignea
Affiliation:
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA 02254
Debora L. Vezie
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Polymer Science & Eng. Dept
W. Wade Adams
Affiliation:
Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
Get access

Abstract

The goal of this program was to form and demonstrate improved mechanical properties of biaxially oriented films of 30/70 rod-coil polymer blends of PBZT/ABPBT. These polymeric blends were prepared at three different solids contents C<CCR, C≳CCR and C>CCR.

Our approach examined PBZT and ABPBT in poly phosphoric acid (PPA) as the common solvent for the first time. Also, we set out to go one step beyond the current state of the art and produce biaxially oriented PBZT reinforced ABPBT molecular composites. Our investigation marked the first time such a study has been attempted. Additionally, fibers of C≳CCR were spun and characterized.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Adams, W.W. et al. , Kristal, Z., 150, 321 (1980).Google Scholar
2. Allen, S.R. et al. , J. Mat. Sci., 20, 4583 (1985).Google Scholar
3. Allen, S.R. et al. , J. Mat. Sci., 20, 2727 (1985).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4. Allen, S.R. et al. , J. Mat. sci., 20, 2719 (1985).Google Scholar
5. Malone, M.F., Hwang, C.F., Gabriel, C.A., Nehme, O.A., and Farris, R.J., AFWAL-TR-87-4048 Report, July 1987.Google Scholar
6. Odell, J.A. et al. , J. Mat. Sci., 16 3309 (1981).Google Scholar
7. Fratine, A.V. et al. , J. Macromol. Scd. Phys., B24, 159 (1985).Google Scholar
8. Krause, S.J. et al. , Proceedings, 41st EMSA Meeting, San Francisco Press, San Francisco, 32, 1983.Google Scholar
9. Flory, P.J., Statistical Thermodynamics of Semi-Flexible Chain Molecules, Proc. Royal So., London, 73 (1956).Google Scholar
10. Hwang, W.F. et al. , J. Macromol. Sci. Phys. B22(2), 231 (1983).Google Scholar