Frontal-Photopolymerization of Fully Biobased Epoxy CompositesShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Macromolecular materials and engineering, ISSN 1438-7492, E-ISSN 1439-2054Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The radical-induced cationic frontal photopolymerization (RICFP) of fully biobased epoxy composites is successfully demonstrated. This curing strategy considerably reduces the curing time and improves the efficiency of the composite fabrication. Two different natural fiber fabrics made of cellulose and flax fibers are embedded in two epoxy matrices, one derived from vanillin (diglycidylether of vanillyl alcohol-DGEVA) and the other from petroleum (3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl 3,4-epoxycyclohexanecarboxylate-CE). After RICFP the composites are characterized by means of dynamic mechanical thermal analysis and tensile tests. The mechanical properties improved with increasing fiber content, confirming a strong adhesion between the matrix and the reinforcing fiber fabrics, which is further evidenced by scanning electron microscopy analyses of the fracture surfaces. Furthermore, these fully bio-based composites possess comparable or even higher mechanical strength compared with the corresponding epoxy composites fabricated with conventional CE resin. A promising facile route to high-performing natural fiber-biobased epoxy resin composites is presented. © 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2022.
Keywords [en]
Curing, Epoxy resins, Natural fibers, Photopolymerization, Tensile testing, Thermoanalysis, Biobased epoxy, Cationics, Cellulose fiber, Composite fabrication, Curing time, Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, Epoxy composite, Epoxy matrices, Flax fibres, Photo polymerization, Scanning electron microscopy
National Category
Composite Science and Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-27328DOI: 10.1002/mame.202100864ISI: 000739910300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85122382826OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-27328DiVA, id: diva2:1631498
2022-01-242022-01-242024-02-01Bibliographically approved