Effects of fiber surface chemistry and size on the structure and properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) composite films reinforced with electrospun fibers

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1100-1109

  Tang, Chunyi ^a,b   Wu, Meiyu ^a,b   Wu, Yiqiong ^a,b   Liu, Haiqing ^a,b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN KEY LABORATORY OF POLYMER MATERIALS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer (textile) fiber; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface; E. Casting

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. INTERFACE; CELLULOSE ACETATES; DYNAMICAL MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; E. CASTING; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; IMPREGNATION METHODS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL DEBONDING; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MELTING ZONES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; POLYMER(TEXTILE) FIBER; STORAGE MODULI; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ADHESION; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

ADHESION; CASTING; CELLULOSE FILM; FIBERS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INTERFACES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOLAYERS; PLASTIC FILMS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING; TEXTILE FIBERS;

EID: 79959997028     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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