Development of polymer composites for advanced applications
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2021-12
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Goyal, Shailja
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Cochran, Eric
Williams, Chris
Kraus, George
Panthani, Mathew
Wang, Qun
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Here we discuss two projects pertaining to the thermoplastic and thermoset class of polymers. In the first project, we demonstrate a mechanism to synthesis a family of biobased (meth)acrylate polymers from crude glycerol ) obtained as biodiesel production byproduct) and ketones (obtained from ketonization process of bio-oil). The thermoplastic polymers were synthesized using RAFT process and their thermal and mechanical properties were studied to find potential applications. Further, in second project we worked with boron fillers called carboranes to improve the thermal stability of a high temperature thermoset material, cyanate ester. The thermal properties of the composites were studied using thermogravimetric analysis, thermomechanical analysis, FTIR, TGA evolved gas MS and FTIR.
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