Reprocessable and ultratough epoxy thermosetting plastic

W Wu, H Feng, L **e, A Zhang, F Liu, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Due to their exceptional manufacturability and excellent mechanical properties, epoxy
thermosets are one of the most widely used plastics, finding many industrial applications …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation, characterization, and curing kinetics of elevated and cryogenic temperature-resistant epoxy resin composites

C Bao, Y Wang, RT Mushtaq, K Zhang, X Li, X Chen - Polymer Testing, 2022 - Elsevier
The elevated-and-cryogenic temperature resisting composites were prepared using
tetrafunctional (AG-80) and bifunctional (E-42) epoxy resin blend as the matrix …

Photo-curing 3D printing of highly deformable palm oil-based thermosets with soft fatty acid chain entanglement

Y Zeng, D Sha, L Zhang, Y Chen, R Qiu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photo-curing three-dimensional (3D) printing technology is normally used for the
manufacture of covalently cross-linked thermosets due to its high efficiency and resolution …

Bridging strength and ductility in crosslinked epoxy networks

JM Dennis, A Krishnamurthy, TW Sirk… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
By introducing a monofunctional epoxy compound in epoxy-amine structural adhesives, a
series of polymer glasses are studied which systematically varies the apparent molecular …

Dynamic fracture of glass fiber-reinforced ductile polymer matrix composites and loading rate effect

J Gao, N Kedir, JA Hernandez, J Gao, T Horn… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic fracture of S-2 glass fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites (FRPMCs) was
investigated in this study. The matrix ductility was improved by a recently developed network …

Utilizing the “dangling group effect” caused by the cross-linked network topology transformation to prepare high-performance and deformable resins and composites

J Zhou, Z Liu, Z Heng, H Zhang, J He, Y Ge… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
It is attractive and realistic to construct deformable, recyclable, and high-performance
adaptive structural materials. In this paper, a novel method was presented to improve the …

Improving mechanical properties and processability of a very high Tg epoxy amine network via anti‐plasticizer fortification

SR Swan, H Gan, C Creighton, JM Griffin… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, molecular fortifiers are added to a highly aromatic and rigid epoxy monomer bis
(2, 7 diglycidyl ether naphthalenediol) methane (NNE) possessing a very high glass …

Enhancement of Moisture‐Resistant Performance of Epoxy Resins via Introduction of Hydrophobic and Flexible Chains

B Zhu, J Yang, C An, Y Nie, L Li… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of long and flexible polyether chains in epoxy resins is an effective method
to improve their toughness. However, using the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of polyether …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating the structure-property relationships of a high-temperature epoxy matrix for structural and thermal applications

SR Swan - 2022 - pureportal.coventry.ac.uk
This project explores the network formation and structure-property relations of some high
temperature epoxy resins cured with aromatic diamines. A highly aromatic dimeric …