TY - JOUR
T1 - Rubber-toughened epoxy loaded with carbon nanotubes: structure-property relationships
AU - Salinas-Ruiz, Maria D. M.
AU - Skordos, Alex A.
AU - Partridge, Ivana K.
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - The paper reports on the preparation, structure and properties of ternary thermosetting blends, based on DGEBA epoxy, cured with 3,3'-DDS and modified by the addition of CTBN reactive liquid rubber and/or 0.3 wt% of commercial multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The toughening effect of the phase-separated rubber particles is enhanced by the presence of the nanotubes, through a change in the morphology. In the absence of the rubber, the nanotubes alone produce a minimal effect upon the thermo-mechanical characteristics of the resin. However, the electrical conductivity of the cured resin samples is found to increase by five orders of magnitude, up to 3.6 x 10(-3) S/m in the ternary blend.
AB - The paper reports on the preparation, structure and properties of ternary thermosetting blends, based on DGEBA epoxy, cured with 3,3'-DDS and modified by the addition of CTBN reactive liquid rubber and/or 0.3 wt% of commercial multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The toughening effect of the phase-separated rubber particles is enhanced by the presence of the nanotubes, through a change in the morphology. In the absence of the rubber, the nanotubes alone produce a minimal effect upon the thermo-mechanical characteristics of the resin. However, the electrical conductivity of the cured resin samples is found to increase by five orders of magnitude, up to 3.6 x 10(-3) S/m in the ternary blend.
U2 - 10.1007/s10853-010-4241-x
DO - 10.1007/s10853-010-4241-x
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
SN - 0022-2461
VL - 45
SP - 2633
EP - 2639
JO - Journal of Materials Science
JF - Journal of Materials Science
IS - 10
ER -