Authors: HoSouk Cho Kaiwen Liang Sabornie Chatterjee Charles U Pittman
Publish Date: 2006/04/06
Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 541-553
Abstract
OctaaminophenylT8POSS 1 C6H4NH28SiO158 and dodecaaminophenylT12POSS 2 C6H4NH212SiO1512 were synthesized characterized and then incorporated into two types of thermoset resins 1 the bisphenolFbased cyanate ester resin PT15 and 2 epoxy Epon 828 Shell Chemical Corp/44′diaminodiphenylmethane DDM resin respectively to make two series of nanocomposites The sum of amino groups in both DDM and POSS were held in a 11 mole ratio to the epoxy groups EPON828/1/DDM and EPON828/2/DDM composites 7863/0/2137 7748/5/1752 7634/10/1366 7405/20/595 and 7228/2772/0 wt/wt/wt compositions for both series were prepared PT15/1 and PT15/2 composites 99/1 97/3 and 95/5 wt/wt compositions for both types were also prepared These nanocomposites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy TEM dynamic mechanical analysis DMA solvent extraction and FTIR In all systems POSS 1 and 2 were chemically bound into the resin matrix and phaseseparated POSS particle domains were not observed Incorporation of both 1 and 2 can dramatically elevate the high temperature bending storage moduli E′ of epoxy resinsWe thank Dr Andre Lee Michigan State University for assistance in performing a portion of the DMA studies and helpful discussions This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant no F496200210260 and the National Science Foundation grant no EPS0132618
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