Obande, W. orcid.org/0000-0001-7367-7272, Gruszka, W., Garden, J.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-4931 et al. (3 more authors) (2021) Enhancing the solvent resistance and thermomechanical properties of thermoplastic acrylic polymers and composites via reactive hybridisation. Materials & Design, 206. 109804. ISSN 0264-1275
Abstract
This work demonstrates the use of an engineering thermoplastic, poly(phenylene ether) (PPE) to enhance the solvent resistance and thermomechanical properties of liquid acrylic resin-based composites by a reactive hybridisation route. Oligomeric PPE with vinyl functionality was employed to attain chemical reactivity between the two constituents during the in-situ polymerisation process. Both unreinforced polymer blends and glass fibre-reinforced composites were studied; physical insights into the polymer structure and properties were obtained through complementary spectroscopic analysis, thermal analysis and microscopy. Spectroscopic analysis revealed the formation of multi-component mixtures in the blends, containing both CDCl3-soluble and -insoluble constituents, with the latter likely corresponding to a reacted acrylic/PPE species. These findings show that incorporating reactive PPE into a reactive acrylic resin to produce a hybrid-matrix system is a simple, yet effective strategy towards enhancing solvent resistance (mass retention: 98% – PPE-modified; 72% – unmodified), while simultaneously enhancing the glass transition temperature (+9%) in acrylic-matrix composites.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Polymer-matrix composite; Thermoplastic composite; Thermoplastic resin; Chemical analysis; Thermal analysis; Hybrid-matrix composite |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/R00661X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2024 15:43 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2024 15:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109804 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210440 |