Gelation of Epoxy-containing Polymer with Amine

Reversible shear gelation of polymer–clay dispersions

Reversible, shear-induced gelation of semi-dilute aqueous colloidal dispersions consisting of monodisperse discoid particles (Laponite) and weakly adsorbing polymer (polyethylene oxide) is studied through a combination of small angle neutron scattering and oscillatory shear. When shaken the samples undergo a dramatic transition from a low viscosity fluid to a self-supporting, turbid gel. This c...

Gelation of the conjugated polymer polydiacetylene P4BCMU

Gelation in Model Colloid-Polymer Mixtures

Mode coupling theory (MCT) is used to model gel formation in mixtures of colloidal particles and nonadsorbing polymer. The polymer induces an effective, short-range attraction among the colloids, which is modeled by a depletion attraction of the Asakura-Oosawa form. This enables the MCT to be solved analytically for dilute systems, leading to a prediction, free of adjustable parameters, of the ...

Atomistic Modeling of Cross-linked Epoxy Polymer

Molecular Dynamics simulations are used to study cross-linking of an epoxy polymer. OPLS force field parameters are used for modeling a 2:1 stoichiometric mixture of epoxy resin and the cross-linking agent. The model has 17,928 united atoms and a static cross-linking method is used along with molecular minimization and molecular dynamics techniques to achieve two different cross-link densities....

Interfacial kinetics of a model epoxy-amine addition reaction.

The kinetics of the addition reaction at a solid interface for a model epoxy-amine system composed of monofunctionalized phenyl glycidyl ether and hexylamine was examined. The chemical character for the reaction of this system at the interface was the same as that in the bulk, while the physical nature was significantly different. Slowing down of the diffusion for the reactants in close proximi...