SBIR Phase I: Novel Fire-Resistant Toughened Benzoxazine Resins

SBIR 第一阶段：新型阻燃增韧苯并恶嗪树脂

• 批准号: 0839381
• 负责人: Matthew Hooker
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Composite Technology Development, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0839381&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Novel; Fire; Resistant

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project seeks to develop and demonstrate flame-resistant, polymer-composite materials based on novel benzoxazine resin chemistries. Recent work by Composite Technology Development, Inc. (CTD) has shown that thermosetting polymer resins based on these materials offer significantly improved flame and moisture resistance as compared to other resins commonly used in composite manufacture (e.g., epoxy and cyanate-ester chemistries). Despite these encouraging preliminary results, significant impediments exist to the widespread application of benzoxazine resins. In particular, most potential markets and customers are adverse to the introduction of "non-heritage" material systems, due to lack of familiarity and potential changes to processing and manufacturing techniques dictated by the new materials. Hence, and in order to overcome this barrier to market entry, a more fundamental understanding of the material design and synthesis is needed with which to tailor commercially-viable versions. Therefore, the focus of this project is to design and synthesize benzoxazine-based polymers with suitable processing characteristics and mechanical performance for large-scale commercial composite applications. The broader impacts/commercial potential of this project is the develoment of viable, flame resistant benzoxazine-based polymers with suitable processing characteristics and mechanical performance (especially improvements in strength and toughness) for large-scale commercial composite applications. Assuming the barriers to market entry can be overcome, benzoxazines could revolutionize a variety of markets. Most immediately, there is opportunity to dramatically improve the flame resistance of composite materials in civilian and military aircraft, as well as naval vessels. Similarly, there is great potential to improve the safety of composite consumer goods (e.g., furniture, electronics, etc.), and products being employed by homeland security, and law enforcement agencies.

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在开发和展示基于新型苯并恶嗪树脂化学物质的阻燃聚合物复合材料。复合技术开发公司(CTD)最近的工作表明，与复合材料制造中常用的其他树脂(如环氧树脂和氰酸酯化学制品)相比，基于这些材料的热固性聚合物树脂提供了显著改善的阻燃和防潮性能。尽管有这些令人鼓舞的初步结果，但苯并恶嗪树脂的广泛应用仍然存在重大障碍。特别是，大多数潜在市场和客户反对采用“非遗”材料系统，因为对新材料所规定的加工和制造技术缺乏熟悉度和潜在的变化。因此，为了克服进入市场的障碍，需要对材料设计和合成有更基本的了解，以便量身定做商业上可行的版本。因此，本项目的重点是设计和合成具有合适的加工特性和力学性能的苯并恶嗪聚合物，以满足大规模商业复合材料的应用。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是为大规模商业复合材料应用开发具有合适的加工特性和机械性能(特别是强度和韧性的改进)的可行的阻燃苯并恶嗪聚合物。假设进入市场的障碍能够被克服，苯并恶嗪可能会给各种市场带来革命性的变化。最直接的是，有机会显著提高民用和军用飞机以及海军舰艇的复合材料的阻燃性能。同样，提高复合消费品(如家具、电子产品等)以及国土安全部和执法机构使用的产品的安全性的潜力也很大。