聚合物复合材料,即超刚性纤维增强的有机分子材料,将会达到其可能达到的改进效果。它们随时可变得更轻、韧性更好、有更高的破坏容限,且对热和湿的敏感度较低。新的生产工艺预示在成本更低的情况下能够缩短生产周期。而所有这些特点都来自热固性复合材料,因为它们有类似树脂的基体,如环氧树脂、双马来酰亚胺及聚酰亚胺。虽然热塑性复合材料也有一定的使用价值,但研究人员已发现了使热固性复合材料获得更好性能的方法。结果如下: Polymer composites, ie ultra-rigid fiber reinforced organic molecular materials, will achieve the improvements they may achieve. They are always lighter, better ductile, have higher damage tolerance, and are less sensitive to heat and moisture. The new production process predicts shorter production cycles at lower costs. All of these features come from thermoset composites because they have a resin-like matrix such as epoxy, bismaleimide and polyimide. Although thermoplastic composites also have some value, researchers have discovered ways to make thermoset composites perform better. The result is as follows: