Interfacial toughening and consequent improvement in fracture toughness of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin composites: Induced by diblock copolymers

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 925-935

  Deng, S H ^a   Zhou, X D ^a   Zhu, M Q ^a   Fan, C J ^a   Lin, Q F ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diblock copolymer; DMA; Fracture toughness; Interface; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER/EPOXY COMPOSITES; DMA; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); HYDROXYL-TERMINATED DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; POLYMER COMPOSITE;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84883334945     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.90     Document Type: Article

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