The influence of epoxy functionalized silica nanoparticles on stress dispersion and crack resistance in epoxy-based hybrids

Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-306

  Afzal, Adeel ^a,b   Siddiqi, Humaira Masood ^a   Saeed, Shaukat ^c   Ahmad, Zahoor ^d  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

AFM; Functional silica; Mechanical Properties; Organic inorganic hybrid; Sol gel process; Surface and interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872487421     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2011.1042     Document Type: Article

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