NDLI: A new extra situ sol–gel route to silica/epoxy (DGEBA) nanocomposite. A DTA study of imidazole cure kinetic

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Author	Branda, F. Tescione, F. Ambrogi, V. Sanni, D. Silvestri, B. Luciani, G. Costantini, A.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Silica nanoparticles were obtained through the Stöber method, from mixtures of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS). The nanoparticles were dispersed in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and coupled to bisphenol A epoxy resin (DGEBA) through surface amino groups. After removing THF non-isothermal cure was performed at different heating rates (2–20°C/min), using imidazole (2–4 wt%) as curing agent. For the sake of comparison bare DGEBA epoxy polymers were also prepared with similar schedule A nanocomposite of well-dispersed silica nanoparticles (5 wt%) in a fully cured epoxy matrix was easily obtained. Lower cure kinetics were observed with silica addition. This was attributed to reduction of the imidazole volume concentration. Cure activation energy was not influenced by silica presence, whereas it changed with the imidazole content. Therefore, experimental results suggested that silica had only an indirect effect (the reduction of the imidazole molar concentration) on the epoxy matrix cure kinetics. Glass transformation temperatures, T g, as high as 175°C were recorded. The nanocomposite glass transformation temperature depended on the heating rate of the cure process, the imidazole and silica content. T g changes as high as 40°C were detected as a function of the heating rate. At higher imidazole content no differences in T g values between bare polymer and the nanocomposite were observed. This suggests that a higher imidazole content assures a better interconnection between the compatibilizing epoxy shell around the nanoparticles and the epoxy matrix. The new proposed methodology is an easy route to engineer both nanocomposites structure and interfacial interactions, thus tailoring their properties.
Starting Page	1289
Ending Page	1300
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01700839
Journal	Polymer Bulletin
Volume Number	66
Issue Number	9
e-ISSN	14362449
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-01-14
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Silica-epoxy nanocomposites Non-isothermal cure kinetic Nanocomposite structure Characterization and Evaluation of Materials Polymer Sciences Physical Chemistry Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Materials Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics Polymers and Plastics

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