Nanostructure toughened epoxy resins
Nanostructure toughened epoxy resins
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DOI:
10.1021/ma034807y
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发表时间:
2003-12-16
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Bates, FS
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作者:
Dean, JM;Verghese, NE;Bates, FS
Increasing the fracture toughness of brittle epoxies often comes at the expense of modulus and use temperature, creating unacceptable limits on the use of these resins. Our recent efforts have concentrated on using block copolymer self-assembly to toughen epoxies with a minimal impact on the glass transition temperature and modulus and with the advantages of simple processing and low cost. 1-5 Block copolymers self-assembled into vesicles and micelles can significantly increase the fracture resistance of model bisphenol A epoxies (eg, BPA348) cured with a tetrafunctional aromatic amine curing agent (eg, MDA). 3, 4 Spherical micelles and vesicles share the same basic shape, but the larger dimensions of the vesicles produced up to a 3-fold increase in the fracture resistance. Here, we introduce a new type of modifier morphologysself-assembled wormlike micellessand demonstrate a remarkable enhancement in fracture resistance with a bisphenol A epoxy cured with phenol novolac, even for epoxy formulations containing brominated epoxies to improve flame retardation. Moreover, this exceptional improvement is accompanied by an increase in the glass transition temperature. This discovery has important implications for the manufacture of printed circuit boards and other applications where use temperature, flame retardation, and toughness are important.Complete descriptions of the polymerization protocols for the block copolymers used in this study are given elsewhere. 5-7 Two types of amphiphilic block copolymers, poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (ethylene-alt-propylene)(PEO-PEP) and poly (methyl methacrylate-ran-glycidyl methacrylate)-poly (2-ethylhexyl methacrylate)(P (MMA-ran-GMA)-PEHMA), were used, 5, 7 as illustrated in Figure 1. Table 1 lists the physical characteristics of the block copolymers including the weight percent and composition of the epoxy miscible blocks (PEO or P (MMA-ran-GMA)) and the block copolymer molecular weights and polydispersities.