effect of liquid crystalline epoxy (LCE) resin on the curing behavior and thermomechanical properties of diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) was investigated. LCE was blended with DGEBA and curing behavior of the blend was studied according to LCE content in the blend. Curing of DGEBA was accelerated and thermome-chanical properties of DGEBA were considerably improved by the addition of LCE, which acted as a molecular reinforcement. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.