Study of the Effect of Epoxy Reinforcement with C60 on the Rheological and Adhesion Properties

Abstract

Cold curing was used to evaluate the rheological properties of epoxy resin which was reinforced
with fullerene (C60) at different concentrations (0, 0.07, 0.11, 0.16, 0.25, 0.33, and 0.66 wt%).
The kinetics of changes at complex viscosities was studied, by investigating the relationship
between resin viscosity and resin with nanoparticles temperature dependency, the effect of
fullerene reinforcements on the viscosity of the constituent epoxy-polymer compositions was
evaluated. We steadied how the complex viscosity changed with time when adhesive
compositions doped with C60 at various concentrations polymerized. By changing the
concentrations of fullerenes, the time to reach the gel-point was determined for the mixtures
and materials used. It was observed that the reinforcement at the beginning of the mixture with
reinforcement changes with the time curing of the composition at a concentration of 0.16 wt.%,
the maximum effect (30%) is achieved. The Young's modulus is shown to increase when the
polymer is doped with fullerenes at 0.15 wt.% and decrease when the polymer is without filler