Hong Younggi, Goh Munju
Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Korea.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Apr 15;13(8):1302. doi: 10.3390/polym13081302.
Epoxy resin (EP) is one of the most famous thermoset materials. In general, because EP has a three-dimensional random network, it possesses thermal properties similar to those of a typical heat insulator. Recently, there has been substantial interest in controlling the network structure of EP to create new functionalities. Indeed, the modified EP, represented as liquid crystalline epoxy (LCE), is considered promising for producing novel functionalities, which cannot be obtained from conventional EPs, by replacing the random network structure with an oriented one. In this paper, we review the current progress in the field of LCEs and their application to highly thermally conductive composite materials.
环氧树脂（EP）是最著名的热固性材料之一。一般来说，由于EP具有三维随机网络结构，其热性能与典型的隔热材料相似。最近，人们对控制EP的网络结构以创造新功能产生了浓厚兴趣。实际上，以液晶环氧树脂（LCE）为代表的改性EP，通过用取向网络结构取代随机网络结构，有望产生传统EP无法获得的新功能。在本文中，我们综述了LCE领域的当前进展及其在高导热复合材料中的应用。
