Development of novel TGDDM epoxy nanocomposites for aerospace and high performance applications – Study of their thermal and electrical behaviour

Mechanical and thermal properties of microchannel insulating foams comprising a multifunctional epoxy/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanocomposite

“…7 These strategies commonly employ silica-based additives, with increasingly smaller particulates showing improved environmental durability, thermal stability, and/or mechanical properties of the resin system due to the increase in specific surface area of the well-dispersed nano-additives. [5][6][7][8][9][10] In particular, hybridized inorganic-organic silica-polymer nanomaterials based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) have shown excellent potential not only in improving mechanical properties [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and thermal stability 10,11,[14][15][16][18][19][20][21][22][23] but also for enhanced dielectric performance, 15,16,[24][25][26][27][28] flammability resistance, [29][30][31] catalysis, 32 electrolytic capabilities, [33][34][35] thermal and electrical conductivities, 26,28,36 abrasion resistance, 10,16 shap...…”

Kinetic Features of Synthesis of Epoxy Nanocomposites

“…In short, it can be formulated as follows: structural nanocomposites, which are reinforcement structures based on carbon or glass fibers embedded in a polymer matrix modified with nanofillers, are the most important application of nanocomposites in the aerospace field [137], laminates, and sandwich structures. In addition, they can be used as anti-lightning [138], anti-radar [139] protection devices, flame retardant, and heat-resistant paints [140], ameliorating anti-corrosion performances [141].…”

Isothermal kinetics and thermodynamics studies of curing reaction of epoxy-aromatic diamine reinforced with epoxy functional MWCNT

“…Where m and n are reaction orders to be determined by experimental data, and k has the same definition as in Equation (3). Rather than at the beginning of the reaction process as shown in Equation ( 3), the maximum reaction rate takes place in the intermediate conversion stage for Equation (5), which results in a bell-shape reaction rate versus time, for an autocatalytic reaction process.…”

“…Epoxy resin-based CNT nanocomposites have been extensively investigated in view of their applications in the electronics, aerospace, and automotive industries. 4,5 The potential of using CNTs as reinforcement, however, because of the severity of the problems associated with aggregation and bundling, leading to non-uniform dispersion and poor interfacial bonding interactions of nanotubes with polymer matrix, is restricted. To ensure effective reinforcements for polymer composites, proper dispersion and good interfacial bonds between CNTs and polymer matrix have to be guaranteed.…”