Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Solid composites containing polymeric matrix with carbon fibers embedded therein

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1600376
A functionalized carbon fiber having covalently bound on its surface a partially cured epoxy or amine-containing sizing agent, wherein at least a portion of epoxide or amine groups in the sizing agent are available as uncrosslinked epoxide or amine groups, which corresponds to a curing degree of epoxide or amine groups of no more than about 0.6. Composites comprised of these functionalized carbon fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix are also described. Methods for producing the functionalized carbon fibers and composites thereof are also described.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
10,501,590
Application Number:
15/158,012
OSTI ID:
1600376
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (8)

Plasma-graft polymerization of a monomer with double bonds onto the surface of carbon fiber and its adhesion to a vinyl ester resin journal September 2003
Carbon Fiber—Vinyl Ester Interfacial Adhesion Improvement by the Use of an Epoxy Coating book December 2008
Fatigue performance of carbon fibre/vinyl ester composites: the effect of two dissimilar polymeric sizing agents journal July 1998
Structure—Property Relations of Polyethertriamine-Cured Bisphenol-A-diglycidyl Ether Epoxies book June 1983
Pultruded Carbon Fiber/Vinyl Ester Composites Processed with Different Fiber Sizing Agents. Part II: Enviro-Mechanical Durability journal June 2005
Designed Interphase Regions in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Vinyl Ester Matrix Composites journal December 1999
Enhanced interfacial adhesion of carbon fibers to vinyl ester resin using poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide) coatings as adhesion promoters journal January 2000
Plasma etching and plasma polymerization coating of carbon fibers. Part 1. Interfacial adhesion study journal January 2002

Similar Records

Related Subjects