Ductile thermoset polymers via controlling network flexibility

201533 citationsJournal Article

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Nishar Hameed · Geelong Hospital

Nisa V. Salim · Carbon Solutions (United States)

Tiffany R. Walsh · Nexus (Italy)

Jeffrey S. Wiggins · Hattiesburg Clinic

Pulickel M. Ajayan · Rice University

Bronwyn Fox · Nexus (Italy)

Abstract

We report the design and synthesis of a polymer structure from a cross-linkable epoxy-ionic liquid system which behaves like a hard and brittle epoxy thermoset, perfectly ductile thermoplastic and an elastomer, all depending on controllable network compositions.

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Polymer composites and self-healing Ionic liquids properties and applications Epoxy Resin Curing Processes

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Published in: Chemical Communications

Volume 51, Issue 48, pp. 9903-9906

DOI: 10.1039/c4cc10192h

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