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<div class="csl-entry">Sangermano, M., D’Anna, A., Marro, C., Klikovits, N., & Liska, R. (2018). UV-activated frontal polymerization of glass fibre reinforced epoxy composites. <i>COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING</i>, <i>143</i>, 168–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.02.014</div>
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1359-8368
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/144875
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dc.description.abstract
In this paper we report, for the very first time, the possibility to UV-crosslink a glass fibre reinforced epoxy
composites. We have demonstrated that the crosslinking reaction proceeds via a radical induced cationic frontal
polymerization (RICFP), where the UV-surface activation of cationic ring opening polymerization is able to
promote the heat front that will activate a thermal initiator in the deeper layers. Because of the very high
velocity of the reaction we could obtain quickly epoxy composites maintaining the good thermo-mechanical
properties.