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Elsevier, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, (143-144), p. 153-157

DOI: 10.1016/s0924-0136(03)00397-2

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Kinetic study of the cure process at the silica microfibres/epoxy interface using pyrene fluorescence response

Journal article published in 2003 by J. González Benito ORCID, D. Olmos, P. G. Sánchez, A. J. Aznar, J. Baselga
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Abstract

In the present work, using the pyrene fluorescence response, the kinetic of the cure process at the interface of a composite material is studied. Silica microfibres were surface coated with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), labelled with the pyrene group and dispersed in a mixture based on diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and ethylenediamine (EDA). The fluorescence of the pyrene was used to monitor, at different temperatures, the cure process at the epoxy/microfibres interface. A simple kinetic model was discussed from the fluorescence data and an apparent activation energy was obtained (Ea=33kJ/mol). On the other hand, the cure process of the whole mixture was followed by FT-IR and by DSC and their results were compared with those obtained by fluorescence.