Liquid crystalline epoxy resin based nanocomposite

Abstract

The development and progress of liquid crystalline epoxy resin technology and its applications are reviewed. The liquid crystalline epoxy resin exhibits superior chemical, mechanical, electrical, thermal properties than the conventional epoxy resin due to the presence of highly ordered liquid crystalline domain. That also results in extremely low permeation and toxicity behaviors. By incorporating nanofiller into the liquid crystalline epoxy resin to make into nanocomposite, the performance of the material is further improved which is suitable for wide range of applications in light weight structure, electrical insulation, electronic encapsulation, medical device and so on.