The role of β relaxations in controlling compressive properties in hyperbranched polymer-modified epoxy networks

Larry Q. Reyes; Samuel R. Swan; Houlei Gan; Seyed Mohsen Seraji; Jane Zhang; Russell J. Varley

doi:10.1038/s41428-020-00433-3

The role of β relaxations in controlling compressive properties in hyperbranched polymer-modified epoxy networks

Larry Q. Reyes, Samuel R. Swan, Houlei Gan, Seyed Mohsen Seraji, Jane Zhang, Russell J. Varley

Deakin University

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In this work, a largely miscible second-generation aliphatic polyester hyperbranched polymer (HBP) is used as a modifier in a cured epoxy amine network to explore molecular mobility in the glassy state and its impact on compressive properties. The β relaxation determined by dynamic mechanical analysis is used as a measure of short-range motion in the glassy state and is related to the compressive modulus and yield properties. The parameters explored include an increased HBP concentration, enhanced HBP, and epoxy matrix interactions through pre-reaction via a rigid covalent linkage and a modified epoxy network of flexible butanediol diglycidyl ether (BDDGE) and highly crosslinkable tetraglycidyl diamino diphenyl methane (TGDDM). The β relaxation peaks are analyzed in terms of their area, FWHM, and position (T_β) and are observed to correlate strongly with changes in the modulus, yield stress, and strain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	393-401
Number of pages	9
Journal	Polymer Journal
Volume	53
Issue number	2
Early online date	28 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-020-00433-3
Publication status	Published - Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

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© 2020, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan.

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Acknowledgements This work was partially supported by The Australian Research Council (DP180100094).

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Materials Chemistry

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