Abstract: The structural characteristics are given for the polymer blend (PB) prepared by photopolymerization of the uniaxially oriented liquid crystal (LC)-phase of the hydroxypropylcellulose-acrylic acid (HPC-AA) system. The uniaxially oriented films of HPC- AA mesophase show a so-called banded structure under cross polarizers, characteristic for uniaxially oriented LC-polymer films. The state of order of HPC-AA mesophase was investigated by effect of dye orientation in LC-media. The influence of the length of the cholesteric pitch of HPC-AA on the order parameter of dye was found. The polymer blend as a product of the photopolymerization of AA in the lyotropic and uniaxially oriented medium HPC-AA is a birefringent solid system, was strongly affected by crosslinking processes. The PB has a LC-organization up to thermal decomposition at 230 degrees C, as shown by TOA and microscopic observations. The PB can be regarded as a new kind of the thermally resistant LC-polymer network. !14
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