期刊
ACTA MATERIALIA
卷 57, 期 9, 页码 2691-2701出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.02.023
关键词
Epoxy; Block copolymer; Nanoparticle; Rubber toughening; Strain rate dependence
资金
- U.S. Department of Energy through subcontract to UT-Battelle [4000041622]
- University of Minnesota
- The Dow Chemical Company
A bisphenol A-based epoxy was modified with an amphiphilic poly(ethylene-alt-propylene)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEP-PEO) block copolymer as a toughening agent. PEP-PEO molecules self-assemble into spherical micelles in epoxy with an average diameter of 15 run and give rise to 180% improvement in fracture resistance. The fracture and tensile behaviors of the PEP-PEO-modified epoxy were investigated at loading rates ranging from 0.51 to 508 mm min(-1). The toughened epoxy exhibits mechanical properties that are significantly more rate dependent than the neat epoxy material. As expected, a higher test rate leads to a more brittle behavior of the material and a lower fracture toughness value. With careful systematic study of their micromechanical deformation processes, the observed strain rate dependence is explained. The implications of the current findings on nano-sized rubber toughening of epoxy are also discussed in detail. (C) 2009 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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