Effect of inorganic nanoparticles on mechanical property, fracture toughness and toughening mechanism of two epoxy systems

By Jun Ma, Maosong Mo, Xusheng Du, P. Rosso, K. Friedrich, Hsu-Chiang Kuan. 2008

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Cracks, microcracks and fracture in polymer structures: Formation, detection, autonomic repair (2016, background): “There are also reports on nanovoid formation and presence of a dilatation zone when the interface is strong [311].”
Toughening of Epoxy Nanocomposites: Nano and Hybrid Effects (2016, methodology): “KIC, GIC, and E values are obtained from published data of silica micro-/nano-particle filled epoxies, from Refs.(61,66,70,71,73,75,78) with permission.”
The tensile fatigue behaviour of a silica nanoparticle-modified glass fibre reinforced epoxy composite (2010, background): “Various types of particulate, fibrous and layered nanoparticles have been employed for both bulk polymers and fibre composites [3-13].”
An investigation of the mechanism of graphene toughening epoxy (2013, background): “Epoxy resins, which are the most important thermosetting resins in industry for various applications [3], have been reported to be successfully toughened by nanoparticles including metallic oxide (aluminium oxide and titanium oxide) [4], nano-silica [5,6], polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane [7], c”