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New oligomeric containing aliphatic moiety phthalonitrile resins: their mechanical and thermal properties in presence of silane surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles

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This study deals with the influences of both the length of the aliphatic spacer within the phthalonitrile monomers backbones, and the amount of the silane surface modified zirconia nanoparticles on the mechanical and thermal properties of the so-called second generation phthalonitrile resins. Investigation on the curing behavior under differential scanning calorimeter outlined an important gain in the processability as the aliphatic spacer became longer. Results from the mechanical tests revealed that changing the length of the aliphatic spacer affects the mechanical properties in different ways. For instance, as the aliphatic spacer became longer, the toughness state was enhanced. At the same time, the tensile modulus and stress as well as the microhardness values were slightly reduced. It was also noticed that the introduction of the reinforcing phase caused an increase in all the tested mechanical properties. Furthermore, results from the thermogravimetric analysis and dynamic mechanical analysis revealed that reducing the length of the aliphatic spacer and adding nanofillers caused an increase in the thermal stability, storage modulus, and glass transition temperature. Moreover, a morphological study has been conducted under scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope to put in light the mechanisms of enhancements. Finally, this study demonstrated that the excellent properties of the phthalonitrile resins can be tailored by two ways either by monomers design or by inorganic nanoparticles reinforcement.

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Acknowledgments

The authors greatly appreciated the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 50973022), Specialized Research Funds for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Project No. 20122304110019), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project No. HEUCFT1009) and the open fund of Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, Harbin Engineering University.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Composite Materials, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Mehdi Derradji, Tiantian Feng, Hui Wang, Noureddine Ramdani, Tong Zhang, Jun Wang & Wen-bin Liu

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Abdelkhalek Henniche

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Derradji, M., Feng, T., Wang, H. et al. New oligomeric containing aliphatic moiety phthalonitrile resins: their mechanical and thermal properties in presence of silane surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles. Iran Polym J 25, 503–514 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-016-0442-8

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