Volume 127, Issue 5 pp. 3595-3600
Article

Mechanical and thermal properties of graphite nanoplatelets reinforced polyarylene ether nitriles/bisphthalonitrile IPN system

Yajie Lei

Yajie Lei

Research Branch of Functional Materials, Institute of Microelectronic and Solid State Electronic, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People's Republic of China

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Rui Zhao

Rui Zhao

Research Branch of Functional Materials, Institute of Microelectronic and Solid State Electronic, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People's Republic of China

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Xulin Yang

Xulin Yang

Research Branch of Functional Materials, Institute of Microelectronic and Solid State Electronic, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People's Republic of China

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Xiaobo Liu

Corresponding Author

Xiaobo Liu

Research Branch of Functional Materials, Institute of Microelectronic and Solid State Electronic, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People's Republic of China

Research Branch of Functional Materials, Institute of Microelectronic and Solid State Electronic, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People's Republic of China===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 22 May 2012
Citations: 14

Abstract

A new type of graphite nanoplatelets (GN) reinforced polyarylene ether nitriles (PEN)/bisphthalonitrile (BPh) interpenetrating polymer network with high strength and high toughness was synthesized and characterized. The results showed that GN and PEN had obvious synergistic effect on its properties of resulted BPh composites. Compared to pure BPh, with a loading of 10 wt % PEN and 10 wt % GN, the obtained composites exhibited excellent mechanical properties. In these systems, the flexural toughness and strength of BPh resin could be enhanced with the incorporation of PEN; meanwhile, GN could further improve the flexural modulus and thermal stability lowered by PEN. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013

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