A model of the surface of oxidatively treated carbon fibre based on calculations of adsorption interactions with small molecules

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1283-1290

  Allington, R D ^a   Attwood, D ^b   Hamerton, I ^a   Hay, J N ^a   Howlin, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. carbon fibre; Fibre surface chemistry; Molecular modelling

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR MODELLING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031645193     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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