Mechanical properties of SWNT/epoxy composites using two different curing cycles

Micromechanics modeling for the stiffness and strength properties of glass fibers/CNTs/epoxy composites

“…de Viollia et al [1] showed improvement of the tensile modulus and strength with the inclusion of 0.1 wt.% of CNTs in epoxy resin. The improvement of Young's modulus, yield strength, strain to failure, and fracture toughness were reported with the integration of CNTs in a polymer matrix [2][3][4].…”

The use of fluorinated CNTs as epoxy resin modifiers

“…As can be seen from Figs. 7-8, the results obtained after studying the effect on the tensile and flexural strength and the corresponding moduli (in percent), are superior to the literature data obtained using unmodified single-and multi-walled CNTs, aminofunctionalized, oxidized and fluorinated CNTs, grafted epoxy groups, and nano-polyaniline [5,[13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

“…Dependences of the increase in the Young's modulus at stretching and bending on the concentration of the initial (circles, continuous curve) and fluorinated (triangles, dashed curve) CNTs (wt.%). Unfilled squares refer to literature data [5,[13][14][15][16][17].…”

“…Unfilled squares refer to literature data on hardening using various nanomaterials [5,[13][14][15][16][17]. Fig.…”

“…To enhance the affinity of the fillers to polymers and solvents, various methods of plasma, chemical and mechanical processing are used. One of the most promising ways of functionalizing the CNT surface is direct fluorination using treatment with fluorine gas at elevated temperature [13][14][15][16][17].…”