Liquid crystalline single-polymer short-fibers composites

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-298

  Medeiros Araujo, Thiago ^a   Pegoretti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

liquid crystalline polymer; mechanical properties; single polymer composites; Vectran

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION AT BREAK; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT; REINFORCING FIBERS; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

ADHESION; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84878699315     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15685543.2013.796753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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