Browsing by Author "Román Concha, Frida Rosario"
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A new epoxy-based layered silicate nanocomposite using a hyperbranched polymer: study of the curing reaction and nanostructure development
Cortés Izquierdo, María Pilar; Fraga Rivas, Iria; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Hutchinson, John M.; Ferrando Piera, Francesc (2014-03-01)
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Open AccessPolymer layered silicate (PLS) nanocomposites have been prepared with diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) epoxy resin as the matrix and organically modified montmorillonite (MMT) as the clay nanofiller. Resin-clay ... -
Achieving high thermal conductivity in epoxy composites: Effect of boron nitride particle size and matrix-filler interface
Moradi, Sasan; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Hutchinson, John M. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-07-06)
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Open AccessFor the thermal management of high watt density circuit layers, it is common to use a filled epoxy system to provide an electrically insulating but thermally conducting bond to a metal substrate. An epoxy-thiol system ... -
Densification: A route towards enhanced thermal conductivity of epoxy composites
Moradi, Sasan; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Hutchinson, John M. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-01)
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Open AccessWhen an amorphous polymer is cooled under pressure from above its glass transition temperature to room temperature, and then the pressure is released, this results in a densified state of the glass. This procedure applied ... -
Epoxy composites filled with boron nitride and aluminum nitride for improved thermal conductivity
Hutchinson, John M.; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Cortés Izquierdo, María Pilar; Calventus Solé, Yolanda (2017-03-03)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyEpoxy composites containing boron nitride (BN) or aluminum nitride (AlN or Al2N3) particles have been studied with a view to obtaining increased thermal conductivity. The effect of these fillers on the cure reaction has ... -
Epoxy composites filled with boron nitride: cure kinetics and the effect of particle shape on the thermal conductivity
Moradi, Sasan; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Hutchinson, John M. (Springer, 2020-05-25)
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Open AccessThermally conducting and electrically insulating materials have been prepared by filling an epoxy–thiol system with boron nitride (BN) particles of different shapes (platelets and agglomerates) and sizes (from 2 to 180 ... -
Epoxy-thiol systems filled with boron nitride for high thermal conductivity applications
Hutchinson, John M.; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Folch, Adrià (2018-03-20)
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Open AccessAn epoxy-thiol system filled with boron nitride (BN), in the form of 80 µm agglomerates, has been investigated with a view to achieving enhanced thermal conductivity. The effect of BN content on the cure reaction kinetics ... -
EXPERIMENTACIO EN ENGINYERIA QUIMICA 1 (Examen 2n Quadr.)
Román Concha, Frida Rosario (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2004-04-13)
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Identification of nanostructural development in epoxy polymer layered silicate nanocomposites from the interpretation of differential scanning calorimetry and dielectric spectroscopy
Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Colomer Vilanova, Pere; Hutchinson, John M. (2012-05-08)
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Open AccessThe effect of nanoclay on the non-isothermal cure kinetics of polymer layered silicate nanocomposites based upon epoxy resin is studied by calorimetric techniques (DSC and TGA) and by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy ... -
Isothermal curing of polymer layered silicate nanocomposites based upon epoxy resin by means of anionic homopolymerisation
Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Colomer Vilanova, Pere; Hutchinson, John M. (2013-12-20)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe use of an initiator, 4-(dimethylamino) pyridine (DMAP), to promote an anionic homopolymerisation reaction for the isothermal cure of polymer layered silicate (PLS) nanocomposites based on an epoxy resin, as well as the ... -
Molecular mobility in hyperbranched polymers and their interaction with an epoxy matrix
Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Colomer Vilanova, Pere; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Hutchinson, John M. (2016-03-01)
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Open AccessThe molecular mobility related to the glass transition and secondary relaxations in a hyperbranched polyethyleneimine, HBPEI, and its relaxation behaviour when incorporated into an epoxy resin matrix are investigated by ... -
Remarkable Thermal Conductivity of Epoxy Composites Filled with Boron Nitride and Cured under Pressure
Moradi, Sasan; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Hutchinson, John M. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-03)
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Open AccessThis work demonstrates that the application of even moderate pressures during cure can result in a remarkable enhancement of the thermal conductivity of composites of epoxy and boron nitride (BN). Two systems have been ... -
Study of hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) polymers of different molecular weight and their interaction with epoxy resin
Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Colomer Vilanova, Pere; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Hutchinson, John M. (2018-03-09)
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Open AccessTwo different commercial hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine)s (HBPEI), with molecular weights (MW) of 800 and 25,000 g/mol, and denoted as PEI800 and PEI25000, respectively, as well as the mixtures with a Diglycidyl Ether ... -
Study of the molecular dynamics of multiarm star polymers with a poly(ethyleneimine) core and poly(lactide) multiarms
Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Colomer Vilanova, Pere; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Hutchinson, John M. (2017-02-04)
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Open AccessMultiarm star polymers, denoted PEIx-PLAy and containing a hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) core of different molecular weights x and poly(lactide) (PLA) arms with y ratio of lactide repeat units to N links were ... -
TECNOLOGIA DE LA POLIMERITZACIO (Examen 2n Quadr.)
Román Concha, Frida Rosario (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2004-04-16)
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TECNOLOGIA DELS POLÍMERS (Examen 1r Quadr.)
Román Concha, Frida Rosario (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2005-01-11)
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TECNOLOGIA DELS POLÍMERS (Examen 1r Quadr.)
Román Concha, Frida Rosario (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2004-10-29)
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Termodinàmica : pràctiques de laboratori
Colomer, P.; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Hutchinson, John M.; Rigola Serrano, Joaquim; Montserrat, S. (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016)
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The surface modification of boron nitride particles
Daneshmehr, Shahla; Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Hutchinson, John M. (Springer, 2019-01-01)
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Open AccessThe use of coupling agents to enhance the thermal conductivity of composites of epoxy and boron nitride (BN) has been investigated. Two types of BN particles, lightly aggregated platelets with an average size of 6 µm and ... -
Thermal and oxidative degradation of epoxy based layered silicate nanocomposites
Román Concha, Frida Rosario; Calventus Solé, Yolanda; Hutchinson, John M.; Montserrat Ribas, Salvador (2009)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe thermal oxidative degradation of several polymer/clay nanocomposites with a range of clay contents has been determined. It is found that the dispersion of the clay in the resin matrix plays a crucial role in the ...