Effect of interphase and strain-rate on the tensile properties of polyamide 6 reinforced with functionalized silica nanoparticles

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-69

  Gu, Haiwen ^a   Guo, Yangbo ^b   Wong, Siew Yee ^a   He, Chaobin ^a,b   Li, Xu ^a   Shim, V P W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Nanoparticles; A. Particle reinforced composites; B. Interphase; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

3-AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; B. INTERPHASE; COVALENT BINDING; FAILURE STRAIN; FUNCTIONALIZED SILICA; HEXAMETHYLDISILAZANE; HIGH-STRAIN-RATE; HOPKINSON; INTERFACIAL ANALYSIS; LOW SPEED; NANO-SILICA; POLYAMIDE 6; REINFORCING MECHANISM; TENSILE BAR; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; TENSILE RESPONSE;

CRACKS; DUCTILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTRONS; REINFORCEMENT; SILICA; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 84871962872     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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