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Formation of aqueous molecular nematic liquid crystal phase in poly(p-sulfophenylene sulfoterephthalamide)
1Section Polymer Materials and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL, Delft, The Netherlands.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|March 17, 2005
Abstract:
We report strong experimental evidence on the formation of a molecular lyotropic phase in water of a modified polyaramide, namely a fully sulfonated poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) (Sulfo2PPTA) that exhibits similar liquid crystalline behaviour in water to its non-sulfonated counterpart (PPTA, commercially known as Kevlar or Twaron) in sulfuric acid.
