A maleimide and 2-aminobenzonitrile (MIan) based benzoxazine has been synthesized and characterized. This benzoxazine has maleimide and nitrile functionalities that can polymerize, resulting in a highly crosslinked material. Incorporation of the imide group increases the shear viscosity compared to monofunctional benzoxazines but not as high as difunctional benzoxazines, allowing good processibility, while maintaining excellent mechanical and thermal properties. Catalysts, epoxy copolymerization, and rubber interlayer methods are utilized to optimize the composite properties. The 60% carbon cloth-reinforced resin has achieved the flexural strength over 1 GPa.
The rubber interlayer method was chosen in order to improve the properties of carbon fiber‐reinforced polybenzoxazine composites. The resin used is benzoxazine based on bisphenol‐A, formaldehyde and 3,5‐xylidine. The effect of rubber concentration on the flexural properties of the composites is investigated. Sized and desized carbon fiber woven fabrics are used to study the effect of the sizing materials on the mechanical properties. The delamination toughness of the composites is increased by the ATBN rubber interlayer with increasing ATBN concentration. The strength of the composite also increased, but an anomalous concentration effect has been observed.
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