Salinas-Ruiz , Maria del MarSkordos, Alexandros A.Partridge, Ivana K.2011-07-122011-07-122010-05-01Maria d. M. Salinas-Ruiz, Alex A. Skordos, Ivana K. Partridge, Rubber-toughened epoxy loaded with carbon nanotubes: structure-property relationships, Journal of Materials Science, Volume 45, Number 10, May 2010, Pages 2633-26390022-2461http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4241-xhttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5051The paper reports on the preparation, structure and properties of ternary thermosetting blends, based on DGEBA epoxy, cured with 3,3′-DDS and modified by the addition of CTBN reactive liquid rubber and/or 0.3wt% of commercial multi- walled carbon nanotubes. The toughening effect of the phase-separated rubber particles is enhanced by the presence of the nanotubes, through a change in the morphology. In the absence of the rubber, the nanotubes alone produce a minimal effect upon the thermo-mechanical characteristics of the resin. However, the electrical conductivity of the cured resin samples is found to increase by five orders of magnitude, up to 3.6×10-3 S/m in the ternary bleen-UKThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.comArticle