Synthesis and properties of star-like wholly aromatic polyester fibers |
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Authors: | F YangY Bai BG MinS Kumar MB Polk |
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Affiliation: | a School of Textile and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0295, USA b School of Advanced Materials and System Engineering, Kumoh National University of Technology, Kumi, 730-701, South Korea |
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Abstract: | Novel star-like wholly aromatic copolyesters having four arms based on a tetraamine star core, p- and m- hydroxybenzoic acids and 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid have been successfully synthesized and spun into fibers for the investigation of the effect of the star-like structure on improving compressive properties of the fiber. The reactivity of the star core was demonstrated using a model compound with FTIR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The 13C NMR spectrum of the star-like terpolymer having a molar ratio of 10:1 of the monomers to star core showed a characteristic peak at around δ62 ppm which corresponds to a tetra-substituted carbon and thereby demonstrates that the star core was really incorporated into the polymer. The star-like copolyester exhibited a clear stir opalescence and liquid crystalline morphology in the temperature range of 150-280 °C. However, no transition was observed in the DSC thermogram except a clear Tg at 110 °C. The star-like terpolymer fiber, prepared from a polymer with a molar ratio of 500:1 for the monomers to imide core, was spun in the liquid crystalline state at 180 °C. Fiber structure and properties have been studied. |
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Keywords: | Star-like aromatic copolyesters Liquid crystal Fibers |
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