Polymer, Vol.41, No.2, 751-755, 2000
The anisotropy of poly(acrylic acid) in composites with liquid crystalline cellulose derivatives as seen by low-frequency Raman spectroscopy
The low-frequency Raman scattering (LFRS) was used in order to determine the orientation of poly(acrylic acid) in anisotropy composite with liquid crystalline [(propionyloxy)propyl]cellulose (PPC). The photopolymerisation of acrylic acid in the presence of PPC leads to the formation of the poly(acrylic acid) (pAA) anisotropic network. This anisotropy is stable even at temperatures higher than the temperature of the optical isotropisation of the PPC/pAA composite. The comparison of the LFRS and thermooptical data proves the hypothesis explaining of the reversibility of the optical birefringence in the PPC/pAA composites by formation, in a course of photopolymerisation of anisotropic pAA network.