Microdiffraction applied to thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine A
- Vol. 47 (5), L13-L17
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01418618308245251
Abstract
The usefulness of electron 'microdiffraction' techniques for studying orientation in sheared films of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer is demonstrated. Patterns recorded from regions - 150nm in diameter exhibit much higher degrees of orientation than is apparent in conventional selected-area diffraction patterns. Local variations in the micro-orientation axis can be detected as the specimen is traversed.Keywords
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