Effect of NH2-MWCNTs on crosslink density of epoxy matrix and ILSS properties of e-glass/epoxy composites

Incorporation of epoxidized soybean oil as co‐matrix in epoxy resin toward developing plastisol/particulate toughened glass fiber composites

“…The resin blends were found to be transparent, indicating that the resin blends were not phase separated. These findings are consistent with those of Miyagawa et al and other researchers who observed that at only above 30 wt % of ESBO in synthetic epoxy resin the blend became nontransparent, indicating possible phase separation.…”

Mechanical and viscoelastic study of functionalized MWCNTs/epoxy/Kevlar composites

“…MWCNTs are particularly widely used materials for composite application due to the high cost of SWCNTs. Much progress has been reported in retaining good interfacial stress transfer, better dispersion in polymer matrix and large aspect ratios of MWCNTs . An analysis of thermomechanical properties of MWCNTs‐enriched composites shows that addition of 0.5–4 wt% MWCNTs escalates the tensile strength and Young's modulus .…”

Interfacial interaction and the fracture toughness (KIC) trends in epoxy nanocomposites filled with functionalized graphene‐based fillers

“…The glass transition temperature (T g ) was defined as the temperature corresponding to the maximum of the tan δ curve. Crosslink density of the analyzed samples was calculated using the following relation based on the theory of rubber elasticity as reported by Rahman et al : where λ = crosslink density (mol.cm −3 ), E r ′ = storage modulus in the rubbery region (MPa), T = the absolute temperature (K) corresponding to E r ′ and R = the universal gas constant (8.314 J.mol −1 .K −1 ). The temperature selected for E r ′ was 20°C higher than the T g which was within the rubbery region for all the epoxy matrices reported here.…”