[HTML][HTML] Hybrid carbon nanotube–carbon fiber composites with improved in-plane mechanical properties

AY Boroujeni, M Tehrani, AJ Nelson… - Composites Part B …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grown on carbon fibers to enhance the in-plane
and out-of-plane properties of fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRPs). A relatively low …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon nanotube–Carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites with extended fatigue life

AY Boroujeni, M Al-Haik - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, uniform and patterned multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) forests were
grown over carbon fiber fabrics utilizing a relatively non-destructive synthesis technique; …

Investigation of the effect of single wall carbon nanotubes on interlaminar fracture toughness of woven carbon fiber—epoxy composites

PR Thakre, DC Lagoudas, JC Riddick… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were introduced in the interlaminar region of
woven carbon fiber—epoxy composites and the mode-I delamination behavior was …

Interlaminar fracture toughness of hybrid carbon fiber‐carbon nanotubes‐reinforced polymer composites

AY Boroujeni, MS Al‐Haik - Polymer Composites, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a relatively low temperature synthesis technique; graphitic structure by design
(GSD), was employed to grow multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) over carbon fiber …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of nano-reinforcement topologies on the viscoelastic performance of carbon nanotube/carbon fiber hybrid composites

S Ayyagari, M Al-Haik, Y Ren, D Nepal - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this investigation, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were grown over carbon
fiber fabrics via a relatively nondestructive synthesis technique. The MWCNTs patches were …

Viscoplastic characterization and modeling of hybrid carbon fiber/carbon nanotubes reinforced composites

AA Skandani, M Al-Haik - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
This investigation illuminates the effect of surface grown carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the
viscoplastic behavior of fiber reinforced plastics (FRPs). The study demonstrates the …

Hybrid carbon fibers/carbon nanotubes structures for next generation polymeric composites

M Al-Haik, CC Luhrs, MM Reda Taha… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Pitch‐based carbon fibers are commonly used to produce polymeric carbon fiber structural
composites. Several investigations have reported different methods for dispersing and …

Mechanical and electrical characterization of carbon fiber/bucky paper/zinc oxide hybrid composites

S Ayyagari, M Al-Haik, V Rollin - C, 2018 - mdpi.com
The quest for multifunctional carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRPs) expedited the use
of several nano reinforcements such as zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO) and carbon nanotubes …

Fabrication of aerospace-grade epoxy and bismaleimide matrix nanocomposites with high density aligned carbon nanotube reinforcement

AL Kaiser, IV Albelo, BL Wardle - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The advantaged mass-specific properties of aligned nanofibers, such as aligned carbon
nanotubes (A-CNTs), and their facile densification into uniformly high volume fraction (Vf) …

Scalable fabrication and characterization of magnetically aligned and diazotized CNT-epoxy composites for interlaminar reinforcement of aerospace composites

R Braga Nogueira Branco - 2021 - etda.libraries.psu.edu
Interlaminar integration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of high aspect ratio and high specific
properties is a promising option to improve through-thickness mechanical properties, such …