Molecular Characterization of Composite Interfaces

1. Surfaces of Reinforcements

   1. Characterization of the Surface and the Interface of the Carbon Fiber

      • A. Ishitani

      Pages 321-331

   2. Surface Chemistry and Bonding of Plasma-Aminated Polyaramid Filaments

      • Ronald E. Allred, Edward W. Merrill, David K. Roylance

      Pages 333-375

   3. Spectrochemical Characterization of Chemically Modified Surfaces

      • D. E. Leyden, D. E. Williams

      Pages 377-386

   4. Desorption of Water from Glass Fibers

      • Gary M. Nishioka, Janet A. Schramke

      Pages 387-400

   5. Predicting Enthalpies of Interfacial Bonding of Polymers to Reinforcing Pigments

      • F. M. Fowkes, D. C. McCarthy, D. O. Tischler

      Pages 401-411

   6. Wettability of Reinforcing Fibers

      • H. W. Chang, R. P. Smith, S. K. Li, A. W. Neumann

      Pages 413-421

   7. ISS/SIMS Analysis of Graphite Fiber Surfaces and the Thermo-Oxidative Stability of Graphite Fiber/PMR-15 Polyimide Composites

      • Daniel A. Scola, Bruce L. Laube

      Pages 423-444

2. Back Matter

   Pages 445-453

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This book is an extended version of the proceedings of the Symposium on Polymer Composites, Interfaces, which was held under the auspices of the Division of Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) during the annual ACS meeting in Seattle, March, 1983. The importance of the interface in composite materials has been recognized since the inception of modern composite technology. Specifically, silane coupling agents were developed for glass fiber reinforced compOSites at a very early date. Ever since then the diversity of composite materials and the development of various surface treatment methods have led to the establishment of an "interface art." A trial-and-error approach has dominated the interfacial aspects of composite technology until very recently. With the advent of modern analytical techniques for surface characterization, it became possible to study detailed surface and interface structures. It was hoped that this symposium would catalyze such a fundamental and scientific approach in composite studies. For this reason, the symposium was structured to verify the influence of interfacial structures on the mechanical and physical performance of composites and to improve our knowledge of the microstructure of composite interfaces. As the word ·composite" indicates, interdisciplinary interaction is indispensable for proper understanding of multiphase systems.

• chemistry
• composite material
• development
• influence
• molecular characterization
• phase
• polymer
• polymer chemistry
• society
• structure
• surface

• Department of Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

  Hatsuo Ishida

• Vistakon Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson Company), Jacksonville, USA

  Ganesh Kumar

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