Partially crystalline polyols lead to morphology changes and improved mechanical properties of cationically polymerized epoxy resins

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-176

  Lützen, Hendrik ^a   Bitomsky, Peter ^a   Rezwan, Kurosch ^b   Hartwig, Andreas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cycloaliphatic epoxy resin; Morphology; Poly(caprolactone); Polyol; Toughening

Indexed keywords

CYCLOALIPHATIC EPOXY RESINS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY NETWORK; EPOXY POLYMERS; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; PARTIALLY CRYSTALLINE; POLYOL; THERMOSETTING EPOXY POLYMERS; THERMOSETTING POLYMERS; TOUGHENED MATERIALS;

ALCOHOLS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOSETS; TOUGHENING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84872284243     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. J.P. Pascault, and R.J.J. Williams Epoxy polymers 2010 Wiley-VCH Weinheim
2. Fink JK. Reactive Polymers Fundamentals and Applications-A Concise Guide to Industrial Polymers. William Andrew Publishing/Plastics Design, Library, 2005.
3. E. Bittmann, and G.W. Ehrstein Optimierung cycloaliphatischer Epoxidharzsysteme mit Siliconkautschuk Angew Makromol Chem 258 1 1998 93 98
4. F.L. Barcia, T.P. Amaral, and B.G. Soares Synthesis and properties of epoxy resin modified with epoxy-terminated liquid polybutadiene Polymer 44 19 2003 5811 5819
5. J. Fröhlich, H. Kautz, R. Thomann, H. Frey, and R. Mülhaupt Reactive core/shell type hyperbranched blockpolyethers as new liquid rubber for epoxy toughening Polymer 45 7 2004 2155 2164
6. R. Thomas, D. Yumei, H. Yuelong, Y. Le, P. Moldenaers, and Y. Weimin Miscibility, morphology, thermal, and mechanical properties of a DGEBA based epoxy resin toughened with a liquid rubber Polymer 49 1 2008 278 294
7. A. Hartwig, M. Sebald, and M. Kleemeier Cross-linking of cationically polymerized epoxides by nanoparticles Polymer 46 7 2005 2029 2039
8. A. Hartwig, A. Lühring, and J. Trautmann Spheroidal nanoparticles in epoxy-based adhesives Macromol Mater Eng 294 6-7 2009 363 379
9. M. Battistella, M. Cascione, B. Fiedler, M.H.G. Wichmann, M. Quaresimin, and K. Schulte Fracture behaviour of fumed silica/epoxy nanocomposites Compos Appl Sci Manuf 39 12 2008 1851 1858
10. B.B. Johnson, A.J. Kinloch, R.D. Mohammed, A.C. Taylor, and S. Sprenger Toughening mechanisms of nanoparticle-modified epoxy polymers Polymer 48 2 2007 530 541
11. Y. Yagci, and W. Schnabel On the mechanism of photoinitiated cationic polymerization in the presence of polyols Angew Makromol Chem 270 1 1999 38 41
12. E. Spyrou Radiation initiated cationic polymerization with tailor-made polyesters Prog Org Coat 43 1-3 2001 25 31
13. S. Penczek, P. Kubisa, and R. Szymanski Activated monomer propagation in cationic polymerizations Macromol Chem Makromol Symp 3 1 1986 203 220
14. A. Hartwig, K. Koschek, A. Lühring, and O. Schorsch Cationic polymerization of a cycloaliphatic diepoxide with latent initiators in the presence of structurally different diols Polymer 44 10 2003 2853 2858
15. A. Hartwig, and M. Sebald Preparation and properties of elastomers based on a cycloaliphatic diepoxide and poly(tetrahydrofuran) Eur Polym J 39 10 2003 1975 1981
16. K. Morio, H. Murase, and H. Tsuchiya Thermoinitiated cationic polymerization of epoxy resins by sulfonium salts J Appl Polym Sci 32 7 1986 5727 5732
17. C.J. Ong, and F.P. Price Blends of poly(caprolactone) with poly(vinyl chloride). I. Morphology J Polym Sci Polym Symp 63 1 1978 45 58
18. German version ISO 527 plastics-determination of tensile properties. Part 1: General principles; 2003.
19. German version ISO 527 plastics-determination of tensile properties. Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics; 1996.
20. German Version ISO 868 plastics and ebonite-determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness); 2003.
21. M.A. Woodruff, and D.W. Hutmacher The return of a forgotten polymer-polycaprolactone in the 21st century Prog Polym Sci 35 10 2010 1217 1256
22. M. Sangano, M. Tonin, and Y. Yagci Degradable epoxy coatings by photoinitiated cationic copolymerization of bisepoxide with caprolactone Eur Polym J 46 2010 254 259
23. O. Persenaire, M. Alexandre, P. Degée, and P. Dubois Mechanics and kinetics of thermal degradation of poly(caprolactone) Biomacromolecules 2 1 2001 288 294