A review of recent research on materials used in polymer–matrix composites for body armor application

Z Benzait, L Trabzon - Journal of Composite Materials, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The development of personal protection systems with improved ballistic performance and
reduced weight has received a great interest in the last decade with the unfortunate ever …

Advances in understanding the response of fibre-based polymer composites to shock waves and explosive blasts

AP Mouritz - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fibre-based polymer composites are used in applications were there is the risk of an
explosive blast. This paper presents a comprehensive review of published research into the …

Self-alignment and high electrical conductivity of ultralarge graphene oxide–polyurethane nanocomposites

N Yousefi, MM Gudarzi, Q Zheng… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyurethane (PU)-based composite films containing highly aligned graphene sheets are
produced through an environmentally benign process. An aqueous liquid crystalline …

Improving the dam** properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites by interfacial sliding of oriented multilayer graphene oxide

L Gong, F Zhang, X Peng, F Scarpa, Z Huang… - … Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The dam** properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites play a critical
role in many engineering fields. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the dam** …

Highly stretchable, directionally oriented carbon nanotube/PDMS conductive films with enhanced sensitivity as wearable strain sensors

MO Tas, MA Baker, MG Masteghin… - … Applied Materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recent interest in the fields of human motion monitoring, electronic skin, and human–
machine interface technology demands strain sensors with high stretchability/compressibility …

Carbon nanotube–nanocup hybrid structures for high power supercapacitor applications

MG Hahm, A Leela Mohana Reddy, DP Cole… - Nano …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Here, we design and develop high-power electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) using
carbon-based three dimensional (3-D) hybrid nanostructured electrodes. 3-D hybrid …

Tailoring carbon nanotube density for modulating electro-to-heat conversion in phase change composites

Z Liu, R Zou, Z Lin, X Gui, R Chen, J Lin, Y Shang… - Nano …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report a carbon nanotube array-encapsulated phase change composite in which the
nanotube distribution (or areal density) could be tailored by uniaxial compression. The n …

The effect of fuzzy fiber-reinforced composite skin on bending stiffness and debonding growth between skin and polymeric foam core of sandwich structures

A Moradi, R Ansari, MK Hassanzadeh-Aghdam… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Progressive innovations in the field of nanotechnology demonstrate that through the radial
growth of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the circumferential surfaces of fibers known …

Positive temperature coefficient thermistors based on carbon nanotube/polymer composites

Y Zeng, G Lu, H Wang, J Du, Z Ying, C Liu - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
In order to explore availability of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based positive temperature
coefficient (PTC) thermistors in practical application, we prepared carbon nanotube (CNT) …

On the enhancement of the fatigue fracture performance of polymer matrix composites by reinforcement with carbon nanotubes: a systematic review

AHM Ismail, FM AL-Oqla, MS Risby, SM Sapuan - Carbon Letters, 2022 - Springer
Rapid development of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced to polymer composites has
been recently noticed in many aspects. In this work, the latest developments on fatigue and …