Tailoring the mechanical performance of epoxy resin by various nanoparticles

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 527-533

  Liu, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Zhang, Zhong ^a   Zhang, Taihua ^b   Sprenger, Stephan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Nanoresins AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; SOL-GELS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BISPHENOL A EPOXY RESIN; ELASTOMERIC NANOPARTICLES; FRACTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOSILICA PARTICLES; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; WELL-DISPERSED;

SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 57749094777     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739110801600806     Document Type: Article

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