Functionalised silica/epoxy nanocomposites with enhanced fracture toughness for large-scale applications

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1439-1447

  Han, Wei ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Fang, Liming ^b   Johnston, Martin R ^a   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^c   Tang, Youhong ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

epoxy; fracture toughness; Functionalised nanosilica; particle reinforcement

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EPOXY RESINS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA;

COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; ENHANCEMENT RATIOS; EPOXY; FABRICATION METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; NANO-SILICA; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84930449404     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998314534867     Document Type: Article

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