Abstract Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Resins LCER and Composites LCEC are very important materials widely investigated by scientists. This article briefly reviews advances in this field with an emphasis on mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. The paper describes the versatility of LCER, their curing agents, crosslinking process along with possible mechanisms. The main part of this article is dedicated to different kinds of composites, synthesized with the use of silsesquioxanes, carbon fibres, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide as well as aluminium, cellulose, boron, aniline and urushiol based fillers. The review concludes with a short summary of possible upsides of this kind of materials, like a very broad spectrum of possible applications due to their enhanced molecular order, electrical, thermal, mechanical and optical properties. Wide range of fillers allows controlling the synthesis process in order to develop proper composite for the desired application, especially in optics, optoelectronics, electronics, coatings as well as in such sophisticated branches of industry like those demanding shape memory or anisotropy of various properties.

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液晶环氧树脂和复合材料的发展——综述

摘要 液晶环氧树脂LCER和复合材料LCEC是科学家们广泛研究的非常重要的材料。本文简要回顾了该领域的进展，重点介绍了机械、热和电特性。该论文描述了 LCER 的多功能性、它们的固化剂、交联过程以及可能的机制。本文的主要部分致力于使用倍半硅氧烷、碳纤维、碳纳米管、石墨烯、氧化石墨烯以及铝、纤维素、硼、苯胺和漆酚基填料合成的不同种类的复合材料。该评论最后简要总结了此类材料的可能优点，例如由于其增强的分子顺序、电学、热学、机械和光学特性而具有非常广泛的可能应用范围。