Premium
Cover Image, Volume 59, Issue 15
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
eISSN - 2642-4169
pISSN - 2642-4150
DOI - 10.1002/pol.20210540
Subject(s) - polymerization , cover (algebra) , dicyclopentadiene , monomer , ring opening metathesis polymerisation , volume (thermodynamics) , front cover , thermosetting polymer , polymer , computer science , polymer science , polymer chemistry , materials science , metathesis , physics , composite material , thermodynamics , engineering , mechanical engineering
The cover image from Ziaee and Yourdkhani shows thermal frontal polymerization of thermoset resins. In frontal polymerization, local heating of the monomer solution initiates the polymerization reaction, which produces enough heat to further drive the reaction in an autoactivating process. The result is a propagating reaction wave that rapidly transforms the monomer into a polymer. This study on page 1732 presents the effect of staging conditions and resin reactivity on the frontal polymerization of dicyclopentadiene. (DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210285 )