Self-healing and polymer welding of soft and stiff epoxy thermosets via silanolates

AA Putnam-Neeb, JM Kaiser, AM Hubbard… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
Incorporating dynamic bonds into polymers enables static thermosets to be transformed into
active materials, possessing the reprocessability of thermoplastics while maintaining the …

Effect of inorganic material surface chemistry on structures and fracture behaviours of epoxy resin

T Miyata, YK Sato, Y Kawagoe, K Shirasu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The mechanisms underlying the influence of the surface chemistry of inorganic materials on
polymer structures and fracture behaviours near adhesive interfaces are not fully …

Formation mechanism of a heterogeneous network in epoxy resins

S Yamamoto, R Ida, M Aoki, R Kuwahara… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In general, the network structure formed in epoxy resins is heterogeneous, and its extent is
dependent on the curing temperature. Based on Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy in …

Multiscale modeling of process-induced residual deformation on carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic laminate from quantum calculation to laminate scale finite-element …

Y Kawagoe, K Kawai, Y Kumagai, K Shirasu… - Mechanics of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiscale modeling, comprising quantum-chemical reaction path calculation, curing
molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, microscopic finite-element analysis (FEA), and …

Multiscale model for failure prediction of carbon-fiber-reinforced composites under off-axis load

T Watanabe, Y Kawagoe, K Shirasu, T Okabe - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, a multiscale model comprising a quantum-chemical reaction path calculations,
molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and filament and laminate scale finite-element …

Thermoset resin curing simulation using quantum-chemical reaction path calculation and dissipative particle dynamics

Y Kawagoe, G Kikugawa, K Shirasu, T Okabe - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoset resin, which is commonly used as a matrix in carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic,
requires curing procedures. We propose a curing simulation technique involving a …

Design of multicomponent thermosetting polymers with enhanced tensile properties through active learning

W Zhao, X Fu, X Xu, L Zhang, L Wang, J Lin… - … Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Multicomponent thermosets can simultaneously achieve high strength, modulus, and
toughness inaccessible by single-component materials, but efficiently designing those with …

Constructing and characterizing various multi-component crosslinked epoxy resins based on molecular dynamics simulations with a curing reaction model

Y Zhao, G Kikugawa, K Shirasu, Y Kawagoe, T Okabe - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
Epoxy resins are extensively used as the matrix for carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) in
commercial airplanes due to their outstanding thermomechanical properties. Until now, few …

Cardol: Cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL)-derived starting material for the preparation of partially bio-based epoxy resins

K Makwana, AB Ichake, V Valodkar… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardol is one of the interesting constituents of cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL)-a by-product
of cashew processing industry-and it amounts to 15–20% by weight in natural CNSL …

Experimental and numerical study on open-hole tension/compression properties of carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic laminates

K Shirasu, J Tsuyuki, R Higuchi… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The stress-strain responses and damage initiation/propagation mechanisms of T700G/LM-
PAEK, an open-hole carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic were investigated experimentally …