Abstract
A Liquid crystalline epoxy resin containing a diazomethane type mesogenic group was cured under an electric field. The anisotropy of the cured system was evaluated using polarized optical microscopy, wide angle X-ray diffraction and polarized microscopy FT-IR measurement. As the results, it was clarified that the network chains of cured system existed in an arranged state in a fixed direction. Moreover, dynamic mechanical analyses, thermal expansion measurement and tensile test were carried out to investigate the thermo-mechanical properties of the anisotropic network. The resulting behavior reflected the character of anisotropy network structure.
