Fabrication and evaluation of polyamide 6 composites with electrospun polyimide nanofibers as skeletal framework

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2382-2388

  Chen, Yu ^a   Han, Donghua ^a   Ouyang, Wen ^a   Chen, Shuiliang ^a   Hou, Haoqing ^a   Zhao, Yong ^b   Fong, Hao ^b  

^a JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Fibers; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPUNS; FABRICATION METHOD; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MELT INFILTRATION; NANOFIBER MATS; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYIMIDES; POLYMER MELTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84861191504     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.11.071     Document Type: Article

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