Simultaneous enhancement of strength and toughness of epoxy using POSS-Rubber core-shell nanoparticles

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-71

  Thitsartarn, Warintorn ^b   Fan, Xiaoshan ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Yeo, Jayven Chee Chuan ^b   Yuan, Du ^a   He, Chaobin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Impact behavior; Interface; Mechanical properties; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs)

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FILLERS; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHNESS;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL ENHANCEMENTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; SYNERGETIC EFFECT;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84939617347     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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