Curing behavior and toughening performance of epoxy resins containing hyperbranched polyester

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 639-644

  Xu, Gang ^a   Shi, Wenfang ^a,b   Gong, Ming ^b   Yu, Fei ^b   Feng, Jianping ^b  

^a State Key Laboratory of Fire Science   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Curing of polymers; Epoxy resins; Hyperbranched; Polyesters; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CURING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYESTERS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TOUGHENING; VISCOSITY;

EPOXIDE GROUPS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; IMPACT STRENGTH;

EPOXY RESINS;

POLYMER;

EID: 9944246376     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.520     Document Type: Article

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