A liquid crystalline thermosetting epoxy was synthesizes with DGE-DHMS and 1-Methyl Imidazole. To investigate thermal stability, activation energies for thermal decomposition were calculated via Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method and Kissinger method with the data obtained from TGA analysis. The result showed that there were no differences in thermal decomposition behavior between liquid crystalline phases and isotropic phase and also the same thermal decomposition mechanism was applied to the entire process.

합성한 Diglycidyl ether of 4,4’-dihydroxy-a-methylstilbene (DGE-DHMS)에 1-Methyl Imidazole을 2:1의 비율로 첨가하여 새로운 액정 에폭시 올리고머인 DDA를 합성하여 열안정성을 평가하였다. TGA분석을 통해 얻어진 결과로 볼 때 액정상과 isotropic상에서 열안정성의 차이는 관찰되지 않았고, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method와 Kissinger method를 이용하여 계산한 열분해 활성화 에너지값의 비교 결과 열분해가 진행되는 동안 일정한 메커니즘이 작용함을 확인할 수 있었다.

Keywords: 열경화성액정에폭시(Liquid crystalline thermosetting epoxy), 열분해(Thermal degradation), 활성화에너지(Activation energy), TGA