Abstract:
The Al
2O
3 and SiO
2 were obtained by sol-gel method and the KH560-Al
2O
3@SiO
2 were prepared with KH560 as the coupling agent. The KH560-Al
2O
3@SiO
2/MBMI-EPN composites were prepared by in-situ polymerization, using bismaleimide resin and phenolic epoxy resin (MBMI-EPN) as matrix, KH560-Al
2O
3@SiO
2 as the reinforcement and 4’4-diaminodiphenylmethane (DDM) as curing agent. The micro-structure of KH560-Al
2O
3@SiO
2 were characterized and the effect of the reinforcement on properties of composites were studied. The results show that the Al
2O
3@SiO
2 particles have clear core-shell structure. The short-fiber Al
2O
3 is inner core, and the amorphous SiO
2 is outer shell, which are connected by chemical bonds. The KH560 is successfully grafted onto the surface of Al
2O
3@SiO
2, and the particles packing phenomenon is weakened. The micro-structure of the composites shows that KH560-Al
2O
3@SiO
2 forms a multi-phase structure in the MBMI-EPN matrix with good dispersion and stable interface. The cross-sectional shape is fish scale, and there are no Al
2O
3@SiO
2 nanoparticle agglomerates and the overall structure is regular. When the content of KH560-Al
2O
3@SiO
2 is 1.5wt%, bending strength and impact strength of the composites are 126 MPa and 14.7 kJ/m
2, which are 21.2% and 27.8% higher than resin matrix, respectively. And the thermal decomposition temperature of the composites is 392.3℃, which is 14.5℃ higher than that of resin matrix.