Patent ID: 9611569
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B29K,C03C,C08J,C08K,D01F,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A reinforced composite material, comprising: i) a plurality of hydrophilic surface-modified reinforcing glass fibers, wherein the hydrophilic surface-modified reinforcing glass fiber comprises a reinforcing glass fiber modified with a hydrophilic surface coating comprising: ii) at least one cured polyester resin; and iii) at least one interphase defined by the at least one cured polyester resin adjacent to the at least one hydrophilic surface-modified reinforcing glass fiber of the plurality of hydrophilic surface-modified reinforcing glass fibers; wherein the at least one interphase has one or more properties substantially equivalent to those of the bulk at least one cured polyester resin, selected from the group consisting of: strength, flexural toughness, brittleness, density, cross-link density, chemical resistance, molecular weight, and degree of crystallinity.