Augmenting thermal and mechanical properties of epoxy thermosets: The role of thermally-treated versus surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticles

Materials Express

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-64

  Rubab, Zakya ^a   Afzal, Adeel ^a,b,c   Siddiqi, Humaira M ^a   Saeed, Shaukat ^d  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

Epoxy; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Thermal stability; Thermosets; Titania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892755906     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2014.1144     Document Type: Article

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