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Investigation Of Network Architecture Development And Properties In Thermoset Matrices, Jeremy Owen Swanson
Investigation Of Network Architecture Development And Properties In Thermoset Matrices, Jeremy Owen Swanson
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Matrices employed in composite materials directly influence overall composite properties. In all thermoset materials, molecular level interactions and transformations during cure result in heterogeneous architecture. Variability in connectivity results from the often dramatic spatial and topological changes that occur during the crosslinking process. Compatibility (fillers, pigments, additives), temperature gradients and reactivity differences in the precursors only serve to increase the complexity of network formation. The objective of the research herein is to characterize and understand the relationships between cure conditions, conversion, connectivity, network architecture and properties in glassy thermosetting matrix resins.
In this research, epoxy and vinyl ester resins (VERs) …