Morphology profiles obtained by reaction-induced phase separation in epoxy/polysulfone/poly(ether imide) systems
The reaction-induced phase separation in epoxy/aromatic diamine formulations simultaneously modified with two immiscible thermoplastics (TPs), poly(ether imide) (PEI) and polysulfone (PSF), has been studied. The epoxy monomer was based on the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and the aromatic...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/29596 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/29596 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Epoxy Networks Poly(Ether Imide) Reaction-Induced Phase Separation Polysulfone Morphology Profiles https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | The reaction-induced phase separation in epoxy/aromatic diamine formulations simultaneously modified with two immiscible thermoplastics (TPs), poly(ether imide) (PEI) and polysulfone (PSF), has been studied. The epoxy monomer was based on the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and the aromatic diamine was 4,4′-methylenebis(3-chloro 2,6-diethylaniline) (MCDEA). Phase-separation conversions are reported for various PSF/PEI proportions for blends containing 10 wt% total TP. On the basis of phase-separation results, a conversion–composition phase diagram at 200 °C was compiled. This diagram was used to design particular cure cycles in order to generate different morphologies during the phase-separation process. It was found that, depending on the PSF/PEI ratio employed, a particulate or a morphology characterized by a distribution of irregular PEI-rich domains dispersed in an epoxy-rich phase was obtained for initially miscible blends. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) characterization revealed that the PEI-rich phase exhibits a phase-inverted structure and the epoxy-rich matrix presents a bimodal size distribution of TP-rich particles. For PSF/PEI ratios near the miscibility limit, slight temperature change result in morphology profiles. |
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