Coating of Carbon Fiber with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) to Enhance Mechanical Properties and Durability of Carbon/Vinyl Ester Composites

Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1619-1631

  Mahfuz, Hassan ^a   Powell, Felicia ^a   Granata, Richard ^a   Hosur, Mahesh ^b   Khan, Mujib ^c  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; F M interface; Nanocomposite; Poss; Vinyl ester

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID; LOW VELOCITY IMPACT TEST; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; POSS; VINYL ESTERS;

ATOMS; CARBON FIBERS; COATINGS; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OLIGOMERS; SILICON;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84879696366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma4091619     Document Type: Article

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