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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1430-1434 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Polymer Science |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 5 Feb 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dendrimers
- Dynamic torsional vibration method
- Epoxy resin
- Optimum concentration
- Polyamidoamine
- Thermogravimetric analyses