Discotic Liquid Crystal Epoxy Resins Integrating Intrinsic High Thermal Conductivity and Intrinsic Flame Retardancy
Xiao Zhong, Xutong Yang, Kunpeng Ruan, Junliang Zhang, Haitian Zhang, Junwei Gu
Abstract
Abstract The integration of intrinsic thermal conductivity and intrinsic flame retardancy of epoxy resins shows wider application prospects in electricals and electronics. Discotic liquid crystal epoxy (D‐LCE) is synthesized from pyrocatechol, 2‐allyloxyethanol, and 3‐chloroperoxybenzoic acid. P/Si synergistic flame‐retardant co‐curing agent (DOPO‐POSS, DP) is synthesized from p‐hydroxybenzaldehyde, 9, 10‐dihydro‐9‐oxa‐10‐phosphaphenanthrene 10‐oxide (DOPO), and amino terminated polysilsesquioxane (POSS). Finally, D‐LCE is cured within liquid crystal range with 4, 4′‐diaminodiphenyl methane (DDM) and DP, to obtain intrinsic highly thermal conductive/flame‐retardant epoxy resins (D‐LCER DP ). D‐LCER DP‐10.0 (10.0 wt% DP) synchronously possesses excellent intrinsic thermal conductivity and intrinsic flame retardancy, with thermal conductivity coefficient in vertical and parallel direction ( λ ⊥ and λ ∥ ) of 0.34 and 1.30 W m −1 K −1 , much higher than that of general bisphenol A epoxy resin (E‐51, λ ⊥ of 0.19 W m −1 K −1 , λ ∥ of 0.65 W m −1 K −1 ). The limiting oxygen index (LOI) value of D‐LCER DP‐10.0 reaches 31.1, also better than those of E‐51 (19.8) and D‐LCER (21.3).