| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N65745/01 |
| Title: |
THE ADHESION OF MULTI-COMPONENT POLYMERIC MATERIALS TO LOW ENERGY SUBSTRATES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Watts, Professor J |
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| Department: |
Engineering and Physical Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Surrey |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
02 January 2001 |
Ends: |
01 July 2004 |
Value (£): |
213,528
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
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Construction |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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SummaryOver the last decade much progress to be made In the investigation of the interphase chemistry of polymer-to-metal adhesion. This proposal concerns the technologically important, but little studied, area of polymer-to-polymer adhesion. Extensive use will be made of XPS and ToF-SIMS to investigate the spectroscopic charateistics of commercial paint and adhesive systems (microtoming thin polymer sections for ToF-SIMS analysis), which will then be extended to the study of interface chemistry. The thermodynamic properties of the organic surfaces involved will be investigated by IGC. The substrates will be based on epoxy and polyester chemistry, which find wide applications in many industrial environments. The mobile phases chosen for study are a thermoplastic coating based on poly (vinylidene fluoride) and thermosetting systems based on polyester melamine and polyester urethane. The main thrust of this proposal is to correlate the behaviour of the individual components in the formulations to performance of the fully formulated system, and also to develop a more purposeful approach to the formulation of such systems. A strategy which will be tested by the study of the performance of the candidate systems in standard accelerated tests, and formulations modified, in the light of knowledge of interface chemistry, to provide optimum performance.
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