Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Physical Properties of Silicon Modified Phenolic Resin
The physical properties of modified nano-SiO2 and methyl-phenyl-dimethoxy-silane modified phenolic resin are studied by molecular dynamics simulation.The results show that the glass transition temperature of unmodified phenolic resin at 300 K is 362 K,the elastic modulus and shear modulus are 5.45 GPa and 2.19 GPa,the thermal conductivity and thermal expansion coefficients are 0.37 W·(m·k)-1 and 3.8 × 10-5K-1,respectively.The addition of nano-SiO2 increases the glass transition temperature by 1.6%,the elastic modulus and shear modulus by 34.9%and 28.8%,and the thermal conductivity and thermal expansion by 11%and 31.6%,respectively.The thermal conductivity and thermal expansion are reduced by 11%and 31.6%,respectively.SiO2 surface grafting 3%,5%,7%and 10%silane coupling agent and methyl-phenyl-dimethoxy-silane modified phenolic resin,the glass transition temperature increased by 10.5%,15.2%,16.8%,19.3%and 1.5%respectively,the elastic modulus increased by 44.4%,53.2%,53.8%,63.5%and 13.4%respectively,and the thermal conductivity decreased by 12.4%,13.5%,11.2%,7%and 10%respectively.Moreover,the thermal expansion coefficient of phenol formaldehyde resin modified by methyl phenyl dimethoxy silane increased by 51.8%compared with the unmodified phenol formaldehyde resin.The study show that the doping of nano-SiO2,the grafting of silane coupling agent on the SiO2 surface,and the modification of methyl-phenyl-dimethoxy-silane can improve the glass transition temperature,and mechanical properties and reduce the thermal conductivity of phenolic resin.Only nano-SiO2 doping can reduce the thermal expansion coefficient,whereas the modification of methyl-phenyl-dimethoxy-silane will increase substantially.