The epoxy resin system: function and role of curing agents

T Aziz, F Haq, A Farid, L Cheng, LF Chuah, A Bokhari… - Carbon Letters, 2024 - Springer
Curing agents are critical components of aqueous epoxy resin systems. Unfortunately, its
uses and applications are restricted because of its low emulsifying yields. Epoxy resins are …

Efficient flame retardancy, good thermal stability, mechanical enhancement, and transparency of DOPO-conjugated structure compound on epoxy resin

Y Yang, W Chen, Z Li, G Huang, G Wu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel multifunctional flame retardant EAD with 9, 10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-
phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO) and conjugated structure was successfully …

Radio frequency heating and material processing using carbon susceptors

A Vashisth, ST Upama, M Anas, JH Oh, N Patil… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanomaterials have been shown to rapidly evolve heat in response to
electromagnetic fields. Initial studies focused on the use of microwaves, but more recently, it …

Understanding the curing kinetics of boron-based hyperbranched polysiloxane reinforced and toughened epoxy resin by rheology

H Qiao, M Chen, B Chen, H Zhang, B Zheng - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The curing kinetics of epoxy resin (EP) play an important role in optimizing the final
properties of the resin, such as thermal stability, flame retardancy and mechanical …

Additive manufacturing of nanotube-loaded thermosets via direct ink writing and radio-frequency heating and curing

A Sarmah, SK Desai, AG Crowley, GC Zolton, GB Tezel… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Direct Ink Writing (DIW) is an extrusion-based additive manufacturing method
where the print medium is a liquid-phase 'ink'dispensed out of nozzles and deposited along …

Electronic and optical property control of polycation/MXene layer-by-layer assemblies with chemically diverse MXenes

IJ Echols, H An, J Yun, KT Sarang, JH Oh, T Habib… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
MXenes, 2D nanomaterials derived from ceramic MAX phases, have drawn considerable
interest in a wide variety of fields including energy storage, catalysis, and sensing. There are …

[HTML][HTML] Freeform additive manufacturing of carbon fiber reinforced composites using dielectric barrier discharge-assisted Joule heating

SS Dasari, AJK Wright, JM Carroll, A Sarmah… - Composites Part A …, 2024 - Elsevier
We developed an out-of-oven additive manufacturing (AM) technique to rapidly print and
cure thermosetting carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRCs) using dielectric barrier …

Research on curing kinetics of multiaxial warp‐knitted composites

J Chen, X Gao, K Zhao, W Wu - Polymer Composites, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to test the crosslinking
reaction system between epoxy resin and curing agent, and the curing kinetic model of the …

Modeling the cure shrinkage–induced warpage of epoxy molding compound

CC Lee, HZ Lin - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Product packaging processes often encounter issues, such as warping and deformation
caused by the mismatch between the coefficients of thermal expansion of materials …

In situ investigation of the rheological and dielectric properties of a cross-linking carbon nanotube-thermosetting epoxy

PZ Ramos, A Sarmah, MJ Green, JJ Richards - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Radio-frequency (RF) heating of thermosetting epoxies is an agile method to decouple the
extrudability of epoxy resins from their buildability for additive manufacturing. Through this …