Microdiffraction applied to thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers

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Abstract
The usefulness of electron 'microdiffraction' techniques for studying orientation in sheared films of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer is demonstrated. Patterns recorded from regions - 150nm in diameter exhibit much higher degrees of orientation than is apparent in conventional selected-area diffraction patterns. Local variations in the micro-orientation axis can be detected as the specimen is traversed.