Vapor Grown Carbon Fiber/Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Matrix Composites. Nanometer-sized Silsesquiozane Phase Chemically Bound in a Matrix

Abstract

The goals of our research under AFOSR Grant number F49620-99-0191 (continued under F49620-02-0260) were to explore the preparation, properties and applications of organic matrix resin nanocomposites. The dispersed nanophases selected for this work included: (1) Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane chemicals (POSS macromers) of three types: those with no polymerizable group, those with one reactive function and those with eight reactive functions. At first this included only the T8-POSS family (R8Si8O12), but later we expanded the work to the T10-POSS (R10Si10O15) and T12-POSS (R12Si12O18) families. (2) Vapor grown carbon nanofibers produced by ASI Cederville, OH (60-250 nm diameters). (3) Nanodispersed montmiorillonite clays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 2006
Accession Number
ADA448639

Entities

People

  • Charles U. Pittman Jr.

Organizations

  • Mississippi State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Carbon Carbon Composites
  • Carbon Fibers
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Polymeric Films
  • Polymers
  • Resins
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Polymer Science and Technology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology