Improving the interfacial and mechanical properties of short glass fiber/epoxy composites by coating the glass fibers with cellulose nanocrystals

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 587-597

  Asadi, A ^a   Miller, M ^a   Moon, R J ^b,c   Kalaitzidou, K ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coatings; Mechanical properties; Nanomaterials; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COATINGS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TENSILE STRENGTH;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SHORT GLASS FIBER; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; EPOXIDES; GLASS FIBERS; INTERFACES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84964994636     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2016.54     Document Type: Article

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