Toughening of a carbon-fibre composite using electrospun poly(hydroxyether of bisphenol A) nanofibrous membranes through inverse phase separation and inter-domain etherification

Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1967-1984

  Magniez, Kevin ^a   Chaffraix, Thomas ^a,b   Fox, Bronwyn ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEMTEX   (France)

Author keywords

Delamination; Electro spinning; Fracture toughness; Nanofibres; Poly(hydroxyether of bisphenol A)

Indexed keywords

BIS-PHENOL A; CARBON-FIBRE COMPOSITE; EPOXIDE GROUPS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; IN-PLANE SHEAR; INTER-LAMINAR SHEAR STRESS; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; SEMI-INTERPENETRATING NETWORKS;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHENOXY RESINS;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 84865515156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma4111967     Document Type: Article

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