Preparation and characterization of carbon nanotube-hybridized carbon fiber to reinforce epoxy composite

Materials and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197-202

  An, Feng ^a,b   Lu, Chunxiang ^a   Li, Yonghong ^a   Guo, Jinhai ^a,b   Lu, Xiaoxuan ^a,b   Lu, Huibin ^a,b   He, Shuqing ^a,b   Yang, Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nano materials; C. Vapour deposition; E. Fracture

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AEROSOL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITIONS; BET SURFACE AREA; DEGRADATION OF FIBERS; E. FRACTURE; EPOXY COMPOSITE; EPOXY MATRICES; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; FRACTURE MODE; HYBRID FIBER; LOAD TRANSFER; MICRO DROPLETS; MULTISCALES; PULLING OUT; REINFORCING MECHANISM; SHEARING STRENGTH; SINGLE-FIBER PULL-OUT TEST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VAPOUR DEPOSITION;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FIBERS; FRACTURE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 80051528854     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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