Progress of Toughening Epoxy Resin by Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

In this review, some recent research progress in the field of toughening epoxy resin by thermotropic liquid crystal were presented The synthetic methods and the kinds of thermotropic liquid crystal modifier were introduced, and the mechanical properties and hot properties of epoxy resin toughened by thermotropic liquid crystal were discussed The mechanism of toughening epoxy resin by thermotropic liquid crystal was introduced as well