Abstract
A high temperature thermosetting aryl dicyanate resin was modified with thermoplastic polysulfone and/or poly(ether imide) at various compositions. Differential scanning calorimetry was used to characterize the phase behaviour, while the morphologies and continuities of the thermoplastic/dicyanate networks were investigated by using dynamic mechanical analysis, scanning electron microscopy, fracture toughness testing, and solvent sorption studies. The phase structure was found to change from a thermosetting continuity to a co-continuity of both thermoplastic and thermosetting domains. The mechanical and physical properties of the modified polycyanates exhibited a step change at the shift of the phase structure.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1658-1665 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | polymer |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 Apr |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Chemistry