Frontal-Photopolymerization of Fully Biobased Epoxy Composites Show others and affiliations
2022 (English) In: Macromolecular materials and engineering, ISSN 1438-7492, E-ISSN 1439-2054, Vol. 307, no 6, p. 2100864-, article id 2100864Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The radical-induced cationic frontal photopolymerization (RICFP) of fully biobased epoxy composites is successfully demonstrated. This curing strategy considerably reduces the curing time and improves the efficiency of the composite fabrication. Two different natural fiber fabrics made of cellulose and flax fibers are embedded in two epoxy matrices, one derived from vanillin (diglycidylether of vanillyl alcohol-DGEVA) and the other from petroleum (3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl 3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate-CE). After RICFP the composites are characterized by means of dynamic mechanical thermal analysis and tensile tests. The mechanical properties improved with increasing fiber content, confirming a strong adhesion between the matrix and the reinforcing fiber fabrics, which is further evidenced by scanning electron microscopy analyses of the fracture surfaces. Furthermore, these fully bio-based composites possess comparable or even higher mechanical strength compared with the corresponding epoxy composites fabricated with conventional CE resin. A promising facile route to high-performing natural fiber-biobased epoxy resin composites is presented.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Wiley , 2022. Vol. 307, no 6, p. 2100864-, article id 2100864
Keywords [en]
biobased composite, RICFP, UV-curing, Curing, Epoxy resins, Natural fibers, Photopolymerization, Tensile testing, Thermoanalysis, Biobased epoxy, Cationics, Cellulose fiber, Composite fabrication, Curing time, Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, Epoxy composite, Epoxy matrices, Flax fibres, Photo polymerization, Scanning electron microscopy, Composites, Efficiency, Polyepoxides, Vanillin
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Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-318399 DOI: 10.1002/mame.202100864 ISI: 000739910300001 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85122382826 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-318399 DiVA, id: diva2:1697596
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2022-09-212022-09-212024-01-17 Bibliographically approved