Synergetic role of nanoparticles and micro-scale short carbon fibers on the mechanical profiles of epoxy resin

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 859-872

  Zhang, G ^a   Rasheva, Z ^a   Karger Kocsis, J ^b,c   Burkhart, T ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Fracture toughness; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Short carbon fibers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960970132     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.85     Document Type: Article

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