Issue 60, 2020

Improved thermal and mechanical properties of bismaleimide nanocomposites via incorporation of a new allylated siloxane graphene oxide

Abstract

A thermosetting resin system based on bismaleimide (BMI) has been developed via copolymerization with 4,4′-diaminodiphenylsulfone in the presence of a newly synthesized graphene oxide, modified using allylated siloxane (AS-GO). The curing behavior of the AS-GO-containing resin system was evaluated using curing kinetics. The dispersibility of AS-GO in the resin was observed through polarizing optical microscopy (POM), which indicates that AS-GO has good dispersibility in the resin due to GO modified with allylated siloxane which has a good phase compatibility with BMI. The effect of AS-GO on the thermomechanical and mechanical properties of the cured modified resin was also studied. Results of thermogravimetric analysis indicated that the cured sample systems display a high char yield at lower concentrations of AS-GO (≤0.5 wt%) with an improved thermal stability. Using dynamic mechanical analysis, a marked increase in glass transition temperature (Tg) with increasing AS-GO content was observed. Mechanical property analyses revealed a possible effect of AS-GO as a toughener, and the results showed that an addition of 0.3% AS-GO maximized the toughness of the modified resin systems, which was confirmed by analysis of fracture surfaces.

Graphical abstract: Improved thermal and mechanical properties of bismaleimide nanocomposites via incorporation of a new allylated siloxane graphene oxide

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Jul 2020
Accepted
29 Sep 2020
First published
06 Oct 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 36853-36861

Improved thermal and mechanical properties of bismaleimide nanocomposites via incorporation of a new allylated siloxane graphene oxide

H. Jiang, Z. Li, J. Gan, L. Wang and Y. Li, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 36853 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06621D

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