Investigation of dielectric and thermal conductive properties of epoxy resins modified by core-shell structured PS@SiO2

  • Jun Zhou
  • , Yingye Jiang
  • , Gaoqing Wu
  • , Weijian Wu
  • , Yang Wang
  • , Kai Wu
  • , Yonghong Cheng

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Abstract

In this study, the core-shell structured polystyrene@SiO2 (PS@SiO2) microspheres were successfully synthesized by tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) hydrolysis method. The synthesized PS@SiO2 microspheres were subsequently characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, XRD, SEM, and TEM respectively. The results indicated that the particle size of PS@SiO2 microspheres is about 2 μm, and the PS microsphere is uniformly coated by amorphous SiO2 shell. PS@SiO2/cyanate ester (CE)/epoxy resin (ER) composite films were prepared with PS@SiO2 microspheres as fillers and morphology of the films was inspected by AFM. The images showed that the PS@SiO2 microspheres were well-distributed in epoxy matrix. Thermal conductivity of PS@SiO2/CE/ER composite increases 131% by adding 1.0 wt% of PS@SiO2 microspheres. The volume resistivity of composites decreased with increasing of the loading of PS@SiO2 fillers and still keeping an excellent insulating performance. In addition, the dielectric constant as well as the dielectric loss of composites increased with the increased the content of PS@SiO2 microspheres.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)76-82
Number of pages7
JournalComposites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Volume97
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2017

Keywords

  • CE/ER matrix
  • Dielectric property
  • PS@SiO microspheres
  • Thermal conductivity

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