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Bionanocomposites From Renewable Resources: Epoxidized Linseed Oil-Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes Hybrid Materials

Bionanocomposites From Renewable Resources: Epoxidized Linseed Oil-Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes Hybrid Materials

Gerard Lligadas, Joan C Ronda, Marina Galià, Virginia Cádiz

Biomacromolecules. 2006 Dec;7(12):3521-6.

PMID: 17154483

Abstract:

This study is concerned with the preparation and properties of a new class of bionanocomposites from renewable resources. Epoxidized linseed oil (ELO) and 3-glycidylpropylheptaisobutyl-T8-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (G-POSS) (2, 5, and 10 wt %) were cross-linked, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were employed to characterize the POSS-reinforced oil-based polymer networks. No POSS aggregates were observed for the 2 wt % G-POSS nanocomposite by SEM. POSS-rich particles with diameters of several nanometers were observed in the nanocomposites with 5 and 10 wt % G-POSS. Enhanced glass transition temperatures and storage moduli of the networks in the glassy state and rubber plateau were observed to be higher than those of the POSS-free oil based polymer network, due to the reinforcement effect of POSS cages.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP8016113	Epoxidized linseed oil		8016-11-3	Price

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