Processing of nanostructured polymers and advanced polymeric based nanocomposites

L Peponi, D Puglia, L Torre, L Valentini… - Materials Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The control of the nanostructure and the addition of nanoparticles to polymers have led to
structural and functional property enhancements in a number of polymeric systems as a …

[HTML][HTML] Toughening by nanostructure

L Ruiz-Perez, GJ Royston, JPA Fairclough, AJ Ryan - Polymer, 2008 - Elsevier
Block copolymer modified epoxy resins have generated significant interest since it was
demonstrated that the combination could lead to nanostructured thermosets through self …

Elastomer/thermoplastic modified epoxy nanocomposites: The hybrid effect of 'micro'and 'nano'scale

D Puglia, MASA Al-Maadeed, JM Kenny… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The approach of simultaneously exploit the use of microscale elastomers/thermoplastics and
nanoscale fillers for the modification of epoxy systems is presently an active research topic …

Nano-phase structures and mechanical properties of epoxy/acryl triblock copolymer alloys

H Kishi, Y Kunimitsu, J Imade, S Oshita, Y Morishita… - Polymer, 2011 - Elsevier
Phase structures and mechanical properties of epoxy/acryl triblock copolymer alloys using
several curing agents were studied. PMMA-b-PnBA-b-PMMA triblock copolymers …

Enhancement of epoxy thermosets with hyperbranched and multiarm star polymers: a review

D Santiago, À Serra - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hyperbranched polymers and multiarm star polymers are a type of dendritic polymers which
have attracted substantial interest during the last 30 years because of their unique …

Morphological and Mechanical Characterization of Nanostructured Thermosets from Epoxy and Styrene-block-Butadiene-block-Styrene Triblock Copolymer

SM George, D Puglia, JM Kenny, V Causin… - Industrial & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Styrene-block-butadiene-block-styrene (SBS) triblock copolymers epoxidized at several
epoxidation degrees by hydrogen peroxide in water/dichloroethane biphasic system were …

In-situ construction of “octopus”-like nanostructure to achieve high performance epoxy thermosets

Z Heng, X Zhang, Y Chen, H Zou, M Liang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Inspired by the octopus, a typical nanostructure consisting of a spherical “body” and worm-
like “tentacles with suckers” was constructed through incorporating polydimethylsiloxane …

Challenges and solutions for joining polymer materials

X Jin, L Heepe, J Strueben, R Adelung… - Macromolecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The different mechanisms contributing to adhesion between two polymer surfaces are
summarized and described in individual examples, which represent either seminal works in …

Synthesis of well-defined PCL-b-PnBA-b-PMMA ABC-type triblock copolymers: toward the construction of nanostructures in epoxy thermosets

CF Huang, WH Chen, J Aimi, YS Huang… - Polymer …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study we prepared a novel triblock copolymer (tBCP) through ring-opening
polymerization (ROP) with ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) and two specific atom transfer radical …

Morphology Development in Thermosetting Mixtures through the Variation on Chemical Functionalization Degree of Poly(styrene-b-butadiene) Diblock Copolymer …

C Ocando, A Tercjak, MD Martin, JA Ramos… - …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Recently we reported the critical content threshold of epoxidized polybutadiene (PBep) units
to induce total miscibility between poly (styrene-b-butadiene)(SB) block copolymers (BC) …