Structural reinforcement and failure analysis in composite nanofibers of graphene oxide and gelatin

Carbon

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 566-577

  Panzavolta, Silvia ^a   Bracci, Barbara ^a   Gualandi, Chiara ^a   Focarete, Maria Letizia ^a   Treossi, Emanuele ^b,c   Kouroupis Agalou, Konstantinos ^b,c   Rubini, Katia ^a   Bosia, Federico ^d   Brely, Lucas ^d   Pugno, Nicola M ^e,f,g   Palermo, Vincenzo ^b,c   Bigi, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Per La Sintesi Organica E La Fotoreattività   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio MISTE R Bologna   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAPHENE; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SPINNING (FIBERS);

BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL AFFINITIES; COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; MATERIAL STABILITY; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84906320647     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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