Effect of surface functionality of PAN-based carbon fibres on the mechanical performance of carbon/epoxy composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-95

  Kafi, Abdullah ^a   Huson, Mickey ^b   Creighton, Claudia ^a   Khoo, Jiyi ^c   Mazzola, Luca ^e   Gengenbach, Thomas ^b   Jones, Frank ^d   Fox, Bronwyn ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Application Science   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibres; B. Fibre matrix bond; D. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA); D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); X ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

Indexed keywords

CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; D. DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSES (DMTA); ELECTROLYTIC OXIDATION; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; SURFACE FUNCTIONALITIES;

ADHESION; CARBONIZATION; ELECTROLYSIS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTRONS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEXTILE FIBERS; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 84893824327     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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