Liquid Crystalline Polymer and Its Composites: Chemistry and Recent Advances

The high strength and stiffness of Liquid Crystalline polymers (LCPs) are due to their rigid rod-like molecules which forms a highly ordered structures that result in self-reinforcing characteristics. Thermotropic LCPs exhibit exceptional mechanical properties when oriented. Commercial LCP resins are often filled with glass or other types of fillers like silica, clay, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and halloysite nanotube type fillers to negate the anisotropy and to reduce the cost.