@inproceedings{7e42c0df1ffd47cd9c89e057a30328d1,
title = "RAPID-CURE OF FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES BY FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION",
abstract = "Frontal polymerization (FP) is a rapid energy-efficient curing technique that substantially reduces the manufacturing burdens for thermoset polymers and composites by leveraging the monomer{\textquoteright}s enthalpy of polymerization to provide the energy necessary for conversion rather than relying on an external source. Our current research focuses on frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) of dicyclopentadiene and integration within carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPCs). We manufacture carbon FRPCs utilizing a combination of iso-static pressing, vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM), and FP to rapidly manufacture composites with fiber volume fractions up to 65%. Properties of the FRPC are improved with the incorporation of a norbornene-based short-chain ester cross-linker.",
keywords = "Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPC), Frontal polymerization, dicyclopentadiene, out-of-autoclave",
author = "Nil Parikh and Sagar Vyas and Douglas Ivanoff and Philippe Geubelle and Nancy Sottos",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Parikh et al.; 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 ; Conference date: 26-06-2022 Through 30-06-2022",
year = "2022",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability",
publisher = "Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)",
pages = "586--592",
editor = "Vassilopoulos, {Anastasios P.} and Veronique Michaud",
booktitle = "Manufacturing",
}