Counting for approximately 3.13 million tons of products, epoxy resins (EPs) have been
extensively employed as matrix resins of composites and applied in aerospace, aviation …

Many polymer materials are brittle and hence susceptible to fracture, especially in the
presence of notches, scratches, or internal defects. This limits the application of polymer …

Epoxy resins have been used as structural materials since the late 1940s. Despite their
desirable properties such as high strength, excellent creep resistance, and good adhesion …

In this era of portability and rapid technological advances, polymers are more than ever
under pressure to be cheap and offer tailored property profiles. Often, the key lies in …

Excellent thermal and mechanical properties and high chemical resistance with low
shrinkage of epoxy resins open a wide window of various industrial applications, including …

Owing to the increasing interest in self-assembled structures from block copolymer
materials, we present here a review of recent literature concerning amphiphilic block …

One of the most important classes of synthetic systems for creating self-assembled
nanostructures is amphiphilic block copolymers. By controlling the architecture of individual …

Block copolymer modified epoxy resins have generated significant interest since it was
demonstrated that the combination could lead to nanostructured thermosets through self …

Epoxy resins possess a variety of excellent properties including adhesion, mechanical
performance, electrical insulation and chemical resistance; however cured epoxy resin is …

An amphiphilic poly (ethylene-alt-propylene)-b-poly (ethylene oxide)(PEP-PEO) block
copolymer (BCP) was blended with a bisphenol A-based epoxy resin formulation and self …