Abstract
The main-chain thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP), Vectra A950, has been reported to be able to simultaneously lower dynamic friction coefficient and wear rate when introduced into poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) as lubricant. In this investigation, we evaluate the friction surfaces of Vectra A950 through atomic force microscopy (AFM), spectroscopy and nanoindentation. By AFM, various frozen nanometer-level textures are observed at friction surfaces of LCP particles after cessation of friction. Besides, orientation and microscopic hardness of textures for Vectra A950 are unveiled via polarized Raman spectroscopy and nanoindentation tests, respectively. It is worth noting that as an important hint of orientation for LCPs under shear, observation of LCPs textures is conventionally conducted at molten state by polarized-light optical microscope and shear apparatus, however, which hardly detects textures morphology at solid state. Overall, this investigation not only proposes a new approach to evaluate textures of LCPs, but also provides guide for further exploring tribological enhancement mechanism of LCPs.
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