%0 Journal Article
%T Surface Effect of Silica Nano-Particles with Different Size on Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polyester Composites
%A Hiroki Fukatsu
%A Masaaki Kuno
%A Yasuhiro Matsuda
%A Shigeru Tasaka
%J World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering
%P 35-41
%@ 2161-4962
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjnse.2014.42006
%X <div align=\"justify\">
	Interface properties of nano-silica/thermotropic liquid crystalline polyesters (TLCP) composites were investigated by X-ray diffraction analysis and differential scanning calorimetory. The crystallinity of TLCP in the composites drastically decreased with an increase of nano-silica content, depending on the surface area of the silica particles. Little size effects (40 - 400 nm) in the particles and strong interaction between silica surface and the C=O moieties of TLCP were observed by IR analysis. The glass transition temperature of TLCP (&lt;20 nm) in silica surface increased about 20&lt;sup&gt;ĄŁ&lt;/sup&gt;C higher than that in bulk.
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%K Component
%K Nano-Silica
%K Thermotropic Crystalline Polyester
%K Interface
%K Differential Scanning Calorimetry
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=45740