Carbon fiber surfaces and composite interphases

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-50

  Sharma, Mohit ^a,b,e   Gao, Shanglin ^a   Mäder, Edith ^a,c   Sharma, Himani ^d   Wei, Leong Yew ^b   Bijwe, Jayashree ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fiber; A. Nano particle; B. Interphase; B. Surface treatment; D. Atomic force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRESSES; SURFACE TREATMENT; CARBON FIBERS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS;

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; B. INTERPHASE; CHEMICAL INERTNESS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; FIBER SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMERIC MATRICES;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON;

EID: 84905368090     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.07.005     Document Type: Review

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