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Enhancing interfacial strength of epoxy resin composites via evolving hyperbranched amino-terminated POSS on carbon fiber surface

  • Lichun Ma*
  • , Yingying Zhu
  • , Mengzhu Wang
  • , Xiaobing Yang
  • , Guojun Song
  • , Yudong Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Qingdao University
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A self-synthesized octa(γ-chloropropyl) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) and its evolutionary amino-terminated hyperbranched structure were introduced onto the carbon fibers (CFs) surface (CF-Gn-POSS-NH2, n = 1, 2 and 3) by chemically and successively grafting method to improve the interfacial properties of CFs/epoxy composite. The fiber surface structures could be tuned through regulating grafting generation (n) of CF-Gn-POSS-NH2, and the polarity and roughness of CF surface increased with the incremental dendritic generation number. Interfacial shear strength (IFSS), interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) and dynamic mechanical properties of the functionalized CFs composites improved as the grafting generation increased, which may be attributed to the varying degrees of chemical interaction, mechanical interlocking and resin wettability provided by hyperbranched Gn-POSS-NH2 interface. Moreover, the interfacial structure has been also speculated and analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)148-156
Number of pages9
JournalComposites Science and Technology
Volume170
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon fibers
  • Interface
  • Interfacial strength
  • Polymer-matrix composites

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