Engineering Toughness in a Brittle Vinyl Ester Resin Using Urethane Acrylate for Additive Manufacturing

Thermosetting polymers tend to have a stiffness–toughness trade-off due to the opposing relationship of stiffness and toughness on crosslink density. We hypothesize that engineering the polymer network, e.g., by incorporating urethane oligomers, we can improve the toughness by introducing variations...

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Main Authors: Mohanad Idrees, Heedong Yoon, Giuseppe R. Palmese, Nicolas J. Alvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/17/3501