Laser Surface Modification of Fibers for Improving Fiber/Resin Interfacial Interactions in Composites

Laser Surface Modification and Adhesion

Volumn 9781118831632, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-166

  Netravali, Anil N ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Fiber resin adhesion; Fiber resin interface; Laser treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; EXCIMER LASERS; MORPHOLOGY; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PULSED LASERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

FIBER/RESIN ADHESION; FIBER/RESIN INTERFACES; FIBER/RESIN INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; LASER ABSORPTION; LASER SURFACE MODIFICATION; LASER TREATMENT; PULSED EXCIMER LASERS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84927679935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118831670.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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