Epoxy Polymers

Naturwissenschaftliche und technologische Innovationen, die man sich sonst aus Hunderten von Publikationen, Patenten und Berichten zusammensuchen müsste, sind in diesem Band zusammengefasst. Führende Experten aus der internationalen Industrie und Forschung kommen in den Beiträgen zu Wort.

Autorentext
Professor Jean-Pierre Pascault is Emeritus from 2005 at National Institute of Applied Science (INSA) Lyon France. He was Professor in the same Institute from 1983 to October 2005; Director of the Laboratory of Macromolecular Materials (Associated to CNRS) from 1982 to 1998; Director of a CNRS Polymer Network Group (FR CNRS) from 2000 up to 2006; President of the French Polymer Group, GFP, and of the Polymer Division of the French Chemical Society, SFC from 2001 to 2004. He has authored over 300 scientific publications including several book chapters and one book and 32 patents.

Professor Roberto J. J. Williams is Head of the Polymer Division of the Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), depending on the University of Mar del Plata and the National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina. He has authored over 200 scientific publications including several book chapters and two books (Thermosetting Polymers; Diffusion in Gases and Porous Media). His main contributions have been in the fields of thermosetting polymers and organic-inorganic hybrid materials. He has received several scientific awards and is a member of the National Academies of Engineering and Exact Sciences.

Zusammenfassung
In the only book to focus on new developments and innovations in this hot field international experts from industry and academia present everything scientists need to know.
The first section provides general concepts of the synthesis and properties of epoxy polymers and serves as a basis for the subsequent chapters. The second section includes new types of epoxy polymers recently commercialized or not yet present on the market, while the third section includes chapters related to the capacity of generating controlled nanostructures in epoxy-based materials. A fourth section is devoted to innovations in epoxy-based materials such as adhesives, coatings, pre-pregs, structural foams, injection-molded products and self-healing epoxies. Concluding remarks and perspectives are discussed in a short final section.
The result is a one-stop reference source, collecting scientific and technological breakthroughs otherwise spread over hundreds of publications, patents and reports.

Inhalt
Preface*.* List of Contributors*.*

1 General Concepts about Epoxy Polymers (Jean-Pierre Pascault and Roberto J.J. Williams).

1.1 Polymerization Chemistry of Epoxy Monomers.

1.2 Transformations During the Formation of an Epoxy Network.

1.3 General Properties of Epoxy Networks.

References.

Part One New Polymers/Materials .

2 Thermoplastic Epoxy Polymers (Jerry E. White).

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Synthesis and Characterization of Epoxy Thermoplastics.

2.3 Fundamental Properties of Epoxy Thermoplastics.

2.4 Conclusions.

Acknowledgments.

References.

3 Epoxy Functional Acrylic Polymers for High Performance Coating Applications (Carmen Flosbach and Roger Fugier).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Epoxy Functional Acrylic Polymers (Epoxy Acrylates).

3.3 Synthesis of Epoxy Acrylates.

3.4 Design of Epoxy Acrylates as Film-forming Components in Coatings.

3.5 Cross-linking Reactions in Coating Systems.

3.6 Conclusions.

References.

4 Epoxy Polymers Based on Renewable Resources (Alessandro Gandini).

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Synthesis and Polymerization of Monomers and Macromonomers Bearing Multiple Epoxy Functions.

4.3 Synthesis and Polymerization of Monomers Bearing a Single Epoxy Group.

4.4 Conclusions.

References.

Part Two (Nano)Structured Epoxy Networks*.*

5 Nanostructured Epoxies by the Use of Block Copolymers (Sixun Zheng).

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Formation Mechanisms of Nanostructures in Thermosets.

5.3 Morphologies of Epoxy Thermosets Modified With Block Copolymers.

5.4 Thermomechanical Properties of Nanostructured Thermosets.

5.5 Conclusions.

References.

6 Self-Assembly of Epoxy-Based Polymers (Cristina E. Hoppe and Roberto J.J. Williams).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Linear Nanostructured Epoxies.

6.3 Crosslinked Nanostructured Epoxies.

6.4 Possible Applications of Nanostructured Epoxies.

References.

7 Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal, Thermotropic and Other Responsive Epoxy Polymers (Agnieszka Tercjak and Inaki Mondragon).

7.1 Epoxy-Based Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal.

7.2 Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Prepared by PIPS.

7.3 Block Copolymers Used as a Polymer Dispersing Agent for Liquid Crystal.

7.4 Epoxy Polymers Based on Azo-Benzene Organic Molecules.

7.5 Conclusions and Perspectives.

References.

8 POSS and Other Hybrid Epoxy Polymers (Libor Matjka).

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Epoxy-Silica Hybrids.

8.3 Epoxy POSS Hybrids.

8.4 Conclusions.

Acknowledgment.

References.

9 Lamellar Silicate-Modified Epoxies (Jannick Duchet-Rumeau and Henry Sautereau).

9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Structure and Pr...