Morphology, Dynamic Mechanical and Thermal Studies on Nanocellulose Reinforced Epoxy Composites

Epoxy resins are an important class of high performance thermosetting polymers widely used as mixtures for application in the automotive, construction, and aerospace industries. These polymers have attained widespread use owing to their high modulus, corrosion resistance, thermal stability, and low shrinkage upon cure. A numerous number of studies on the curing reaction, kinetic, thermal, rheological properties of epoxy resins have been appeared in literature [1-4]. There is small knowledge about the effects of synthetic organic fillers such as cellulose fiber on the cure characteristics and properties of epoxy resins. In the present study, the effects of reinforcing cellulose nanofiber on the curing behavior, dynamic mechanical, mechanical, and morphology properties of epoxy/diamine system have been investigated