TY - GEN
T1 - Controlling water uptake of sugar based epoxy resins
AU - Busto, G.
AU - Saini, P.
AU - Feng, X.
AU - Hammond, W. B.
AU - East, A. J.
AU - Jaffe, Michael
PY - 2011/6/16
Y1 - 2011/6/16
N2 - Epoxy resins made from natural materials have numerous advantages over those made from petroleum derived chemicals. Isosorbide and its isomers, isomannide and isoidide, can react similarly to bisphenol A to produce diglycidyl ethers that may be used as epoxy resins. These materials have comparable mechanical properties to bisphenol A based epoxies when produced under similar conditions. However, the sugar derived epoxies take up a significant amount of water, which is detrimental to their use in many applications. Modification of these materials with hydrophobic molecules may be an effective method of reducing water uptake.
AB - Epoxy resins made from natural materials have numerous advantages over those made from petroleum derived chemicals. Isosorbide and its isomers, isomannide and isoidide, can react similarly to bisphenol A to produce diglycidyl ethers that may be used as epoxy resins. These materials have comparable mechanical properties to bisphenol A based epoxies when produced under similar conditions. However, the sugar derived epoxies take up a significant amount of water, which is detrimental to their use in many applications. Modification of these materials with hydrophobic molecules may be an effective method of reducing water uptake.
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U2 - 10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778662
DO - 10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778662
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79958705629
SN - 9781612848273
T3 - 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2011
BT - 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2011
T2 - 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2011
Y2 - 1 April 2011 through 3 April 2011
ER -