Use of morphological features of carbonaceous materials for improved mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites

Atif, Rasheed, Wei, Jiacheng, Shyha, Islam and Inam, Fawad (2016) Use of morphological features of carbonaceous materials for improved mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites. RSC Advances, 6. pp. 1351-1359. ISSN 2046-2069

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Abstract

The objective of this work was to study the influence of reinforcement morphology on damage tolerance and fracture toughness of epoxy based nanocomposites. Two different forms of carbonaceous reinforcements were used: multi-layered graphene (MLG) and nanostructured graphite (NSG). The maximum increase in Young’s modulus was observed from 609.6 MPa to 766 MPa (25.7% increase) in case of 0.1 wt% NSG. The NSG showed maximum increase in hardness up to 7.9% while MLG showed up to 18.3%. The MLG and NSG increased the storage modulus and Tg while loss modulus and Tanδ decreased with MLG and NSG. SEM images of fractured surfaces of tensile specimens showed that fracture mode was significantly altered by MLG and NSG.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: F100 Chemistry
F200 Materials Science
F300 Physics
H100 General Engineering
H300 Mechanical Engineering
J400 Polymers and Textiles
J500 Materials Technology not otherwise specified
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User: Fawad Inam
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2015 16:20
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 08:52
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25041

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