Toughening mechanisms in epoxy–silica nanocomposites (ESNs)

By Yi-Ling Liang, R. Pearson. 2009

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Toughening of Epoxy Nanocomposites: Nano and Hybrid Effects (2016, methodology): “Despite the known effect of interface strength in epoxy filled with micro-sized particles, such an effect has not been investigated in silica nanoparticle reinforced epoxies.(72,93) The role of interface strength, however, has been the subject of investigations on epoxies reinforced with alumina(95)”
The effect of carbon nanotubes on the fracture toughness and fatigue performance of a thermosetting epoxy polymer (2011, background): “Various types of nanoparticles have been used, including silica nanoparticles [7-8], nanoclays [9-10], carbon nanotubes [11-14] or nanofibres [15], and graphene [16].”
The mechanisms and mechanics of the toughening of epoxy polymers modified with silica nanoparticles (2010, result): “Similar results, showing no change in Tg due to the addition of silica nanoparticles, have been reported by other authors [17,20,38,39].”
Improving the fracture toughness and the strength of epoxy using nanomaterials--a review of the current status. (2015, background): “194,195 Dispersion processes for nanosilica have been studied by numerous researchers and have achieved homogeneity in most cases.”
Fracture mechanisms of epoxy-based ternary composites filled with rigid-soft particles (2012, background): “A majority of results were taken from the previous studies [4,10–13,15,16,20–22,25,28–34], where similar particle-filled epoxy composite systems were reported.”