TY - JOUR
T1 - Incorporation of silicon dioxide nanoparticles at the carbon fiber-epoxy matrix interphase and its effect on composite mechanical properties
AU - Qin, Wenzhen
AU - Vautard, Frederic
AU - Askeland, Per
AU - Yu, Junrong
AU - Drzal, Lawrence T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Society of Plastics Engineers
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Functionalized silicon dioxide nanoparticles (nano-fSiO2) were uniformly deposited on the surface of carbon fibers (CFs) using a coating process which consisted of immersing the fibers directly in a suspension of nano-fSiO2 particles and epoxy monomers in 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP). The 0° flexural properties, 90° flexural properties, and Interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) mechanical properties of unidirectional epoxy composites made with nano-fSiO2+epoxy sized carbon fibers, with control fibers, and with epoxy-only sized fibers were measured and compared. An obvious increase of the fiber/matrix adherence strength was obtained with the nano-fSiO2+epoxy coating. The nano-fSiO2+epoxy sized CF/epoxy composites showed a relative increase of 15%, 50%, and 22% in comparison to control fibers, for the Interlaminar shear strength, the 90° flexural strength and the 90° flexural modulus, respectively, but little e difference was measured between the different systems for the 0° flexural properties. The observation of the fracture surfaces by scanning electron microscopy of composite fracture confirmed the improvement of the interfacially dependent mechanical properties. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:1474–1482, 2017.
AB - Functionalized silicon dioxide nanoparticles (nano-fSiO2) were uniformly deposited on the surface of carbon fibers (CFs) using a coating process which consisted of immersing the fibers directly in a suspension of nano-fSiO2 particles and epoxy monomers in 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP). The 0° flexural properties, 90° flexural properties, and Interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) mechanical properties of unidirectional epoxy composites made with nano-fSiO2+epoxy sized carbon fibers, with control fibers, and with epoxy-only sized fibers were measured and compared. An obvious increase of the fiber/matrix adherence strength was obtained with the nano-fSiO2+epoxy coating. The nano-fSiO2+epoxy sized CF/epoxy composites showed a relative increase of 15%, 50%, and 22% in comparison to control fibers, for the Interlaminar shear strength, the 90° flexural strength and the 90° flexural modulus, respectively, but little e difference was measured between the different systems for the 0° flexural properties. The observation of the fracture surfaces by scanning electron microscopy of composite fracture confirmed the improvement of the interfacially dependent mechanical properties. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:1474–1482, 2017.
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U2 - 10.1002/pc.23715
DO - 10.1002/pc.23715
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937458439
SN - 0272-8397
VL - 38
SP - 1474
EP - 1482
JO - Polymer Composites
JF - Polymer Composites
IS - 7
ER -