Heat-Resistant Polymer Materials Based on Liquid Crystal Compounds

Data on heat-resistant linear and crosslinked polymer materials containing mesogenic groups in their structure have been systematized. Principles of the macromolecular design of thermoplastic liquid-crystal (LC) polymers providing high performance characteristics and their relationship with the supermolecular organization and processing conditions have been discussed. Methods for synthesizing LC precursors with reactive terminal groups cured to form three-dimensional LC networks have been discussed; the effect of the chemical nature of the terminal groups on the thermal stability of the resulting material has been shown.