ABSTRACT
This volume explains the theory and experimental investigations in the preparation of heterophase polymer network materials through cure reaction-induced microphase separation (CRIMPS). It describes the synthesis of a new family of block- and graft-copolymers with controlled solubility in epoxies and characterizes CRIMPS processes using novel applications of known methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance and photochemistry. The text develops a new method for characterizing the molecular mass distribution (MMD) of linear and network polymers using thermomechanical analysis data, as well as new methods for determining internal stresses and flaw formation during thermoset curing.
The CRIMPS theory will be helpful for researchers and engineers designing and improving toughened plastics and other smart heterophase network materials for different applications. The new method for MMD characterization of polymers in bulk will be very useful to quickly analyze a polymer's MMD and to design new polymers. This book will provide a useful reference for graduates, researchers and working professionals in polymer chemistry and physics and materials science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|42 pages
Synthesis and Characterization of Modifiers
chapter Chapter 4|10 pages
Phase Equilibrium in Binary Polymer Systems Based on Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A
section Section II|74 pages
Theory of Microphase Separation in Curing Systems
chapter Chapter 7|12 pages
Two-Dimensional Model of Phase Separation during Polymerization of a Binary Polymer Blend
chapter Chapter 8|16 pages
Theory and Simulation for Dynamics of Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation in Reactive Polymer Blends
chapter Chapter 9|10 pages
Phase Diagrams of Multicomponent Reacting Polymer Systems Undergoing Phase Decomposition
section Section III|34 pages
Kinetics and Mechanism of Cure Reactions and Reaction-Induced Microphase Separation
chapter Chapter 12|12 pages
Formation of Spatial Dissipative Structures during Synthesis of Polyurethanes
section Section IV|94 pages
Structure–Properties Relationship
chapter Chapter 13|13 pages
Thermoset/Thermoplastic Blends with a Crosslinked Thermoplastic Network Matrix
chapter Chapter 14|14 pages
Epoxy-Based PDLCs: Formation, Morphological, and Electrooptical Properties
chapter Chapter 17|13 pages
Analysis of Shrinkage Cracking in Three-Dimensionally Constrained Heterophase Network Polymers
section Section V|66 pages
New Approaches to Polymer Networks Characterization