Multiscale Carbon Nanotube−Carbon Fiber Reinforcement for Advanced Epoxy Composites
Carbon Solutions (United States) · University of California, Riverside · +2 more institutions
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 approximately 30% enhancement of the interlaminar shear strength as compared to that…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 13.98
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 13
Authors
10- EBElena BekyarovaCorresponding
Carbon Solutions (United States), University of California, Riverside, University of Delaware, University of California, Los Angeles
- ETErik T. Thostenson
University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Riverside, University of Delaware, Carbon Solutions (United States)
- AYAiping Yu
Carbon Solutions (United States), University of Delaware, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Riverside
- HKHyoung−il Kim
University of Delaware, University of California, Riverside, Carbon Solutions (United States), University of California, Los Angeles
- JGJun Gao
Carbon Solutions (United States), University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Riverside, University of Delaware
Topics & keywords
- Carbon nanotube
- Composite material
- Materials science
- Epoxy
- Carbon nanotube metal matrix composites
- Transfer molding
- Composite number
- Carbon fibers