Issue 48, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Ductile thermoset polymers via controlling network flexibility†

N. Hameed,*a   N. V. Salim,a   T. R. Walsh,a   J. S. Wiggins,b   P. M. Ajayanc  and  B. L. Foxa  

* Corresponding authors

a Carbon Nexus, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3216, Australia
E-mail: nishar.hameed@deakin.edu.au

b School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA

c Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, USA

Abstract

We report the design and synthesis of a polymer structure from a cross-linkable epoxy–ionic liquid system which behaves like a hard and brittle epoxy thermoset, perfectly ductile thermoplastic and an elastomer, all depending on controllable network compositions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC10192H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Dec 2014
Accepted
07 May 2015
First published
11 May 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 9903-9906

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Ductile thermoset polymers via controlling network flexibility

N. Hameed, N. V. Salim, T. R. Walsh, J. S. Wiggins, P. M. Ajayan and B. L. Fox, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 9903 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC10192H

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