Reactive block copolymer modified thermosets : highly ordered nanostructures and improved properties Hameed, Nishar, Guo, Qipeng, Xu, Zhiguang, Hanley, Tracey L. and Mai, Yiu-Wing 2010, Reactive block copolymer modified thermosets : highly ordered nanostructures and improved properties, Soft matter, vol. 6, no. 24, pp. 6119-6129, doi: 10.1039/c0sm00480d. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Reactive block copolymer modified thermosets : highly ordered nanostructures and improved properties Author(s) Hameed, Nishar Guo, Qipeng orcid.org/0000-0001-7113-651X Xu, Zhiguang Hanley, Tracey L. Mai, Yiu-Wing Journal name Soft matter Volume number 6 Issue number 24 Start page 6119 End page 6129 Total pages 11 Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry Place of publication Cambridge, England Publication date 2010 ISSN 1744-683X 1744-6848 Summary A highly ordered poly(dimethyl siloxane)-poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PDMS-PGMA) reactive diblock copolymer was synthesized and used to modify bisphenol A-type epoxy resin (ER). The PDMS-PGMA block copolymer consisted of epoxy-miscible PGMA blocks and an epoxy-immiscible PDMS block. The PGMA reactive block of the block copolymer formed covalent bonds with cured epoxy and was involved in the network formation, and the PDMS block phase separated to give different ordered and disordered nanostructures at different blend compositions. The solvent cast PDMS-PGMA diblock copolymer showed ordered hexagonal cylindrical morphology. A highly ordered morphology consisting of hexagonal cylinders inside the lamellar morphology was observed in the cured PDMS-PGMA block copolymer. In the cured ER/PDMS-PGMA blends, a variety of morphologies including lamellar, cubic and worm-like and spherical nanostructures were detected depending on the blend composition. Moreover, the addition of this reactive diblock copolymer significantly increases the hydrophobicity and the glass transition temperature. It also improves the tensile strength and tensile ductility of the nanostructured thermosets at low diblock copolymer contents. Language eng DOI 10.1039/c0sm00480d Field of Research 091209 Polymers and Plastics Socio Economic Objective 870303 Polymeric Materials (e.g. Paints) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2010 Copyright notice ©2010, The Royal Society of Chemistry Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035294 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 01 Jun 2011, 12:55:33 EST Wed, 01 Jun 2011, 12:59:27 EST Wed, 01 Jun 2011, 13:00:51 EST Tue, 07 Jun 2011, 16:26:28 EST Tue, 07 Jun 2011, 16:27:09 EST Tue, 07 Jun 2011, 16:28:20 EST Mon, 13 Jun 2011, 08:42:37 EST Mon, 11 Jul 2011, 09:41:14 EST Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 09:39:57 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 18:14:35 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 10:58:15 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 52 times in TR Web of Science Cited 60 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 889 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 01 Jun 2011, 12:55:19 EST by Anna Wasterval