Thermotropic: Describes liquid crystals whose phase transitions are induced by temperature variations. Mesophase: An intermediate phase of matter displaying a degree of orientational and/or ...

Thermoplastic composites based on thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP ... that both the matrix viscosity and viscosity ratio between the dispersed and matrix phase, determine the deformation ...

These materials have been applied to polymers, liquid crystals, dendrimers and nanoparticles. In this review, I focus on the development of nanostructured ionic materials through the organization ...

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Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, People’s Republic of China, and Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and ...