Investigation of Cure Reaction, Rheology, Volume Shrinkage and Thermomechanical Properties of Nano-TiO2 Filled Epoxy/DDS Composites
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(a) Exponential growth behaviors of complex viscosity during curing of epoxy/TiO2 nanocomposites at 180°C (dot is corresponding to the experiment data and line is corresponding to the result simulated by ). (b) Rheological profile of neat epoxy at 180°C. (c) Rheological profile of 3.6 wt% TiO2/epoxy nanocomposites at 180°C. (d)Times to gelation and vitrification for 0.7 wt% TiO2 modified epoxy system. (e) Variation of ln () from complex viscosity with cure temperature for the neat matrix and epoxy nanocomposites.