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Solvent-free encapsulation of curing agents for high performing one-component epoxy adhesives

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Authors

Jee, Sung Min; Ahn, Cheol-Hee; Park, Jong Hyuk; Kim, Tae Ann; Park, Min

Issue Date
2020-12
Publisher
Pergamon Press Ltd.
Citation
Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol.202, p. 108438
Abstract
One-component epoxy adhesives, in which the epoxy resin and curing agent are premixed, have many commercial advantages including reduced working time and stable performance. However, these adhesives suffer from a short shelf life even at room temperature. Here, core-shell structured curing agents were prepared via a dry particle coating (DPC) process that improved the storage stability of one-component epoxy adhesives. The DPC process is a simple, economic, and solvent-free method to fabricate core-shell structured materials using mechanical forces. Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were used as encapsulating materials due to their high thermal conductivity and large surface areas. With the GNP-encapsulated curing agents, a one-component epoxy adhesive displayed significantly enhanced storage stability while maintaining its fast curing behavior. In particular, the pot life of the adhesive increased to 60 days, which is over two-times longer than that of a pristine epoxy adhesive. The curing temperature increased by up to 5.6 degrees C, which is a smaller increase than that observed when non-thermally conductive materials were used for encapsulation. Furthermore, the GNPs provided reinforcement in the cured epoxy adhesive, thereby improving the lap shear strength by 20-30%.
ISSN
1359-8368
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/194948
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108438
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