Polyamidoamine dendrimers as curing agents: The optimum polyamidoamine concentration selected by dynamic torsional vibration method and thermogravimetric analyses

  • Yiyun Cheng
  • , Tongwen Xu*
  • , Pingsheng He
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers were investigated as curing agents in bisphenol A epoxy resin systems. The cure behavior of epoxy resin/PAMAM at varying components was investigated by a dynamic torsional vibration method (DTVM); the thermal behavior of the materials was characterized by means of thermogravimetric (TGA) analyses. The DTVM results show that 10/100 parts of the resin (phr) PAMAM was the optimum concentration for 1.0, 3.0, and 5.0 G PAMAM dendrimers/resin systems in our experiment. Also, the TGA results agreed with the conclusions made by the DTVM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1430-1434
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume103
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Feb 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dendrimers
  • Dynamic torsional vibration method
  • Epoxy resin
  • Optimum concentration
  • Polyamidoamine
  • Thermogravimetric analyses

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