Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 41, Issue 9, Pages 1107-1114Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.04.004
Keywords
Carbon fibre; Hybrid; Nano-structures; Interface/interphase
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- DSTL
- QinetiQ
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grafted on IM7 carbon fibres using a chemical vapour deposition method The overall grafting process resulted in a threefold Increase of the BET surface area compared to the original primary carbon fibres (0 57 m(2)/g) At the same time, there was a degradation of fibre tensile strength by around 15% (depending on gauge length), due to the dissolution of Iron catalyst into the carbon, the modulus was not significantly affected The wetting behaviour between fibres and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) was directly quantified using contact angle measurements for drop-on-fibre systems and indicated good wettability Single fibre fragmentation tests were conducted on hierarchical fibre/PMMA model composites, demonstrating a significant (26%) improvement of the apparent interfacial shear strength (IFSS) over the baseline composites. The result is associated with improved stress transfer between the carbon fibres and surrounding matrix, through the grafted CNT layer The improved IFSS was found to correlate directly with a reduced contact angle between fibre and matrix (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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