Nanoparticle-modified thermosets

Nanoparticle-modified thermosets are known to differ greatly from neat thermosetting resins. With the effects of fillers on the chemorheology of thermosetting resins having been studied for decades [7], rheological models are today basically... 

The fire resistance of nanoparticle-modified polymers has been studied, but most work has concentrated on thermoplastics. This has generally shown that the addition of nanoclays, and nanotubes, can improve the fire resistance (e.g., Gilman 1999 Gilman et al. 2000b Beyer 2002). A significant amount of work has been performed using various thermoset polymers modified... 

In the last decade, considerable progress was observed in the field of PO/compatibil-izer (predominantly on the base of PO-g-MA)/organo-surface-modified clay nanocomposites. Polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and ethylene-propylene (EP) rubber are one of the most widely used POs as matrix polymers in the preparation of nanocomposites [3,4,6,30-52]. The PO silicate/silica (other clay minerals, metal oxides, carbon nanotubes, or other nanoparticles) nanocomposite and nanohybrid materials, prepared using intercalation/exfoliation of functionalized polymers in situ processing and reactive extrusion systems, have attracted the interest of many academic and industrial researchers because they frequently exhibit unexpected hybrid properties synergisti-cally derived from the two components [9,12,38-43]. One of most promising composite systems are nanocomposites based on organic polymers (thermoplastics and thermosets). 

The addition of nano structured modifiers provides thermosets with special mechanical properties or functionality. Among such modifiers, the two types most widely used are block copolymers and nanoparticles (or fillers). 

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