One inevitable effect of adding soft rubber particles to a rigid polymer is that its yield stress, σY, is lowered by the stress concentration effect produced by dispersed particles. This effect may be enhanced if a fraction ...

The modification of an amine-cured epoxy resin by the addition of polyurethanes (PU) was investigated, and their mechanical and impact properties were related to their microstructure and morphology. For the study, two ...

This study focused on the possibility of recycling Waste Tire Rubber (WTR) to be used as polymer modifier. Thus, WTR was grinded into powder, at ambient temperature, with a disc mill PQ500 and microwave electromagnetic ...

Rubber toughening of epoxy resins has been actively studied since the 1960s with clear progress in understanding of the ultimate properties: microstructure relationships. The morphology, obtained after curing of the modified ...

Several studies have recently reported the use of monofunctional octahedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (monofunctional POSS) to modify polymer networks. In most of these studies the final material is depicted as a network ...

The morphology, as well as the related fracture and mechanical behavior of vinyl ester resins (DVER) of different molecular weights cured with styrene (S) and modified with two different liquid rubbers are presented and ...

The fracture and mechanical behavior of vinyl ester resins (DVER) cured with styrene (S) and modified with two different liquid rubbers has been determined and related to the microstructure of the resulting modified ...

The morphologies of styrene (St) crosslinked divinylester resins (OVER) modified with elastomers were analyzed. The primary focus of this study was on the effect of the molecular weight of the resins, the reactivity of the ...