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Multiscale carbon nanotube-carbon fiber reinforcement for advanced epoxy composites.
Elena Bekyarova,Erik T. Thostenson,Aiping Yu,Hansang Kim,Gao J,Tang J,Hahn Ht,Tsu-Wei Chou,Mikhail E. Itkis,Robert C. Haddon +9 more
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The carbon nanotube/carbon fabric/epoxy composites showed approximately 30% enhancement of the interlaminar shear strength as compared to that of carbon fiber/ep oxygen composites without carbon nanOTubes and demonstrate significantly improved out-of-plane electrical conductivity.Abstract:
We report an approach to the development of advanced structural composites based on engineered multiscale carbon nanotube−carbon fiber reinforcement. Electrophoresis was utilized for the selective deposition of multi- and single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on woven carbon fabric. The CNT-coated carbon fabric panels were subsequently infiltrated with epoxy resin using vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) to fabricate multiscale hybrid composites in which the nanotubes were completely integrated into the fiber bundles and reinforced the matrix-rich regions. The carbon nanotube/carbon fabric/epoxy composites showed ∼30% enhancement of the interlaminar shear strength as compared to that of carbon fiber/epoxy composites without carbon nanotubes and demonstrate significantly improved out-of-plane electrical conductivity.read more
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