Thermoplastic-thermoset nanostructured blends

In this chapter the different ways of fabrication of thermoplastic-thermoset nanostructured blends, where thermoplastic is the matrix, will be discussed. The issues of phase separation and morphology shall be treated together with the properties of the blends and conclusions will be drawn. 

Much work has been reported on studying the structure of thermoset resins via SAXS, especially focussing on interpenetrating network polymers (IPNs), thermoset nanocomposites, rubber-modified thermosets and thermoset-thermoplastic blends. Most recently Guo et al, (2003) have examined the use of SAXS to monitor the nanostructure and crystalline phase structure of epoxy-poly(ethylene-ethylene oxide) thermoset-thermoplastic blends. This work proposes novel controlled crystallization due to nanoscale confinements. 

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