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Innovations in Epoxy Polymers

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2023) | Viewed by 3055

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Dear Colleagues,

Innovation in the field of thermosetting polymers derived from epoxy resins is a topic of wide interest due to their multiple applications, ranging from a simple coating to high-tech applications such as composites and biomedical materials for the aerospace and biomedical industries. This has resulted in a significant amount of high level papers derived from those investigations. For this reason, a Special Issue of the journal Polymers related to the latest innovations in the field of epoxy polymers is being launched. This volume is planned to receive high quality articles related to the synthesis of novel biobased epoxy monomers and their curing, the development of high performance composite materials as well as special applications such as 3D printing and biomedical materials. We will be delighted to receive your manuscripts for this Special Issue. 

Dr. Acosta Ortiz Ricardo
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Keywords

  • epoxy bionanocomposites
  • epoxy resins for 3D printing
  • special application of epoxy composites
  • synthesis of novel biobased epoxy monomers
  • epoxy polymers for biomedical applications

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Fabrication of Woven Jute Fiber Epoxy Bio-Composites through the Epoxy/Thiol-Ene Photopolymerization Technique
by Ricardo Acosta Ortiz, Roberto Yañez Macías, José de Jesús Ku Herrera and Aida Esmeralda García Valdez
Polymers 2023, 15(1), 60; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15010060 - 23 Dec 2022
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Abstract
An eco-friendly epoxy/thiol-ene photopolymerization (ETEP) process was employed to prepare epoxy bio-composites using a commercial biobased epoxy resin and a woven jute fabric as reinforcement. In this process the components of the thiol-ene system, an allyl-functionalized ditertiary amine curing agent, a multifunctional thiol [...] Read more.
An eco-friendly epoxy/thiol-ene photopolymerization (ETEP) process was employed to prepare epoxy bio-composites using a commercial biobased epoxy resin and a woven jute fabric as reinforcement. In this process the components of the thiol-ene system, an allyl-functionalized ditertiary amine curing agent, a multifunctional thiol and a radical photoinitiator, were added to the epoxy resin to produce a polyether–polythioether crosslinked co-network. Moreover, the jute fibers were functionalized with thiol groups using the 3-mercaptopropyl (trimethoxysilane) with the purpose of creating a chemically bonded polymeric matrix/fiber system. The obtained bio-composites prepared with the thiol-functionalized cellulose fibers exhibited an increase up to 52% and 40% in flexural modulus and strength with respect to the non-functionalized counterparts. Under the three-point bending loadings, the composites displayed higher deformation at break and toughness due to the presence of polythioethers in the co-network. The prepared bio-composites developed in this work are excellent candidates to extend the use of cellulose fibers for structural applications. Full article
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