Epoxy nanocomposites with high mechanical and tribological performance

By B. Wetzel, F. Haupert, M. Q. Zhang. 2003

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Subfields: Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics

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In Mechanics of Materials

1. David Hui
2. Yiu-Wing Mai
3. B. Lauke
4. Jang‐Kyo Kim
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6. Lingyu Sun
7. K. T. Lau
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In Polymers and Plastics

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2. David Hui
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7. B. Lauke
8. J. Kumar

Citations in the corpus

• Cluster size effect in hardness of nanoclay/epoxy composites (2005, background): “It has been reported that the impact and wear resistance, as well as fracture toughness of advanced composites, could be improved by mixing an optimal amount of nanoclays [31–33].”
• Fabrication and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles reinforced vinyl-ester resin nanocomposites (2008, background): “inorganic nanoparticles have attracted much interest due to their lightness, homogeneity, cost-effective processability, and tunable physical properties [9,11–13].”
• Polymer and ceramic nanocomposites for aerospace applications (2017, background): “Nanofillers are more effective than microfillers due to the increased surface area of fillers (Wetzel et al. 2003) that creates huge polymer/filler interfacial area resulting in enhanced bonding”
• Fabrication and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles filled polypyrrole nanocomposites (2009, background): “Polymer nanocomposites with nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted much interest due to their homogeneity, easy processability, and tunable physical (mechanical, magnetic, electrical, thermoelectric, and electronic) properties (Castro et al. 2000; Wang et al. 2000; Gangopadhyay et al. 2000; Corbierre et”
• Functionalization of multi-wall carbon nanotubes to reduce the coefficient of the friction and improve the wear resistance of multi-wall carbon nanotube/epoxy composites (2013, background): “[3] Wetzel B, Haupert F, Zhang MQ.”
• Mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites using titanium dioxide as reinforcement – A review (2015, background): “The improvements include flexural stiffness and strength, toughness and failure strain, even at very low filler contents [128,129].”