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Investigation Of Glassy State Molecular Motions In Thermoset Polymers, Jianwei Tu
Investigation Of Glassy State Molecular Motions In Thermoset Polymers, Jianwei Tu
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This dissertation presents the investigation of the glassy state molecular motions in isomeric thermoset epoxies by means of solid-state deuterium (2H) NMR spectroscopy technique. The network structure of crosslinked epoxies was altered through monomer isomerism; specifically, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) was cured with isomeric amine curatives, i.e., the meta-substituted diaminodiphenylsulfone (33DDS) and para-substituted diaminodiphenylsulfone (44DDS). The use of structural isomerism provided a path way for altering macroscopic material properties while maintaining identical chemical composition within the crosslinked networks.
The effects of structural isomerism on the glassy state molecular motions were studied using solid-state 2H …