STTR Phase I: Durable Functional Coloring of Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Structural Composites for High Strength Material Applications

这个小型企业技术转移（STTR）第一阶段项目将开发和理解无机颜料与玻璃纤维在聚合物熔体流动成型过程中的流动和相互作用，以生产彩色结构复合材料。所提出的努力将导致热塑性复合结构材料的发展，具有更高的热效率，吸引人的颜色，并且可以使用低成本的流动成型技术进行加工-完全集成在单步工艺中。解决工艺-性能-微观结构关系的努力将导致工程热塑性树脂和复合材料的发展，这些树脂和复合材料可以用耐用的颜料着色。这一创新有可能对交通运输、建筑、娱乐休闲和工业市场的许多终端应用产生重大影响。应用实例包括车身面板，车身底部地板，屋顶下层结构，前后端模块，建筑内部等。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will enable development and understanding of the flow and interaction of inorganic pigments with glass fibers in a polymer melt flow molding process in order to produce colored structural composite materials. The proposed effort will lead to the development of thermoplastic composite structural materials with enhanced thermal efficiency, attractive coloring and that are processable using low-cost flow molding technologies - entirely integrated in a single-step process. Efforts that address process-performance-microstructure relationships will lead to the development of engineered thermoplastic resins and composites that that can be colored with durable pigments. This innovation has the potential to significantly impact a number of end use applications in transportation, construction, recreation and leisure, and industrial markets. Examples of applications include body panels, underbody floors, roof substructure, front and rear end modules, building interiors etc.