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Morphology of Epoxy/Thermoplastic Blends

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The morphology of the blends has great impact on the thermal mechanical properties of multicomponent materials. For epoxy modified with thermoplastic resins, both thermodynamic and kinetic factors may affect the evolution and final phase structure of the blends. The chemical structure, end groups, side groups, molecular weight, and distribution of thermoplastics may influence the compatibility and interfacial conditions of blends, while the curing conditions and difference in the mobility of components have fundamental effects on the viscoelastic phase-separation process of these kinds of blends. Various techniques, such as optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), atomic force microscope (AFM), and light scattering (LS), have been employed in the morphology study of materials.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Polymers and Polymer Composite Materials, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Yingfeng Yu, Gebin Shen & Zhuoyu Liu

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  1. Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India

    Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai

  2. Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Nishar Hameed

  3. Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany

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  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, China

    Eamor M. Woo

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Yu, Y., Shen, G., Liu, Z. (2017). Morphology of Epoxy/Thermoplastic Blends. In: Parameswaranpillai, J., Hameed, N., Pionteck, J., Woo, E. (eds) Handbook of Epoxy Blends. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40043-3_18

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