Journal
FIBERS
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fib7020017
Keywords
composites; glass fibers; graphene; interphase; strain monitoring
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- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto (CARITRO) within the project Development of self-sensing/self-healing structural composites using graphene treated fibers
- National Interuniversitary Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM)
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Graphene as an interphase not only improves the mechanical performance of fiber reinforced polymer composites but also induces functional properties like electrical conductivity, thus providing the possibility of strain monitoring in real time. At this aim, graphene oxide (GO) was electrophoretically deposited at different applied potentials on glass fibers to create a uniform coating and was subsequently chemically reduced to obtain a conductive layer of reduced graphene oxide (rGO). After the optimization of the deposition process, composite laminates were prepared by hand lay-up with an epoxy resin, followed by curing in vacuum bag. The deposited rGO interphase improved the dynamic moduli (storage and loss modulus), the flexural strength (+23%), and interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) (+29%) of the composites. Moreover, laminates reinforced with rGO-coated glass fibers showed an electrical resistivity in the order of similar to 10(1) Omega.m, with a negative temperature coefficient. The piezoresistivity of the composites was monitored under flexural loading under isothermal conditions, and strain/damage monitoring was evaluated at different temperatures through the change of the electrical resistance with the applied strain.
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