{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Tang B"],"funding":["Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Foundation","National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["17380-17388"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9080404"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(31)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Flexible reactive poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-<i>b</i>-poly(propylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (GPG) and nonreactive poly(ethylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(propylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(ethylene glycol) (EPE80) were utilized to toughen a trifunctional epoxy (diglycidyl 4, 5-epoxycyclohexane-1, 2-dicarboxylate, TDE-85). In comparison with the nonreactive EPE80 and reactive GPG92 with long reactive blocks (<i>L</i> <sub>reactive</sub>), the incorporation of reactive GPG83 with short <i>L</i> <sub>reactive</sub> improved the comprehensive mechanical properties of the epoxy. Upon an optimal GPG83 loading of 2.5 wt%, the tensile strength, elongation at break and critical strain energy release rate (<i>G</i> <sub>1c</sub>) increased by <i>ca.</i> 31%, 45.9% and 130.8%, respect"],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pubmed_title":["Toward simultaneous toughening and reinforcing of trifunctional epoxies by low loading flexible reactive triblock copolymers."],"pmcid":["PMC9080404"],"funding_grant_id":["51373109","2015JQ0012","51721091"],"pubmed_authors":["Li G","Kong M","Huang Y","Tang B","Yang Q"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Toward simultaneous toughening and reinforcing of trifunctional epoxies by low loading flexible reactive triblock copolymers.","description":"Flexible reactive poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-<i>b</i>-poly(propylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (GPG) and nonreactive poly(ethylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(propylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(ethylene glycol) (EPE80) were utilized to toughen a trifunctional epoxy (diglycidyl 4, 5-epoxycyclohexane-1, 2-dicarboxylate, TDE-85). In comparison with the nonreactive EPE80 and reactive GPG92 with long reactive blocks (<i>L</i> <sub>reactive</sub>), the incorporation of reactive GPG83 with short <i>L</i> <sub>reactive</sub> improved the comprehensive mechanical properties of the epoxy. Upon an optimal GPG83 loading of 2.5 wt%, the tensile strength, elongation at break and critical strain energy release rate (<i>G</i> <sub>1c</sub>) increased by <i>ca.</i> 31%, 45.9% and 130.8%, respect","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 May","modification":"2025-04-26T15:24:14.476Z","creation":"2025-02-19T03:24:37.394Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9080404","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35539219"],"doi":["10.1039/c8ra01017j"]}}