Enhancement of Fracture Toughness of Epoxy Nanocomposites by Combining Nanotubes and Nanosheets as Fillers

In this work the fracture toughness of epoxy resin has been improved through the addition of low loading of single part and hybrid nanofiller materials. Functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) was used as single filler, increased the critical strain energy release rate, GIC, by 57% c...

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Main Authors: Nadiim Domun, Keith R. Paton, Homayoun Hadavinia, Toby Sainsbury, Tao Zhang, Hibaaq Mohamud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/10/1179