Electrospun nanofiber: Emerging reinforcing filler in polymer matrix composite materials

G Wang, D Yu, AD Kelkar, L Zhang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The rapidly develo** technique of electrospinning has gained surging research interest
since the 1990s due to its capability of yielding continuous fibers with diameters down to the …

Electrospun nanofibers as reinforcement for composite laminates materials–a review

R Palazzetti, A Zucchelli - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last few decades nanofibers have been developed and introduced in a vast number of
industrial and research applications. One of their most effective use is as interleaved …

[HTML][HTML] Interlaminar toughening in structural carbon fiber/epoxy composites interleaved with carbon nanotube veils

Y Ou, C González, JJ Vilatela - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The susceptibility to delamination is one of the main concerns in fiber reinforced polymer
composites (FRPs). This work demonstrates improvements of 60% in Mode-I fracture …

[HTML][HTML] Mode I and Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of composite laminates interleaved with electrospun nanofibre veils

GW Beckermann, KL Pickering - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of interleaved nanofibre veils on the Mode I and Mode II interlaminar
fracture toughness (ILFT) of autoclave cured unidirectional carbon/epoxy composite …

Improvement of interlaminar fracture toughness in carbon fiber/epoxy composites with carbon nanotubes/polysulfone interleaves

N Zheng, Y Huang, HY Liu, J Gao, YW Mai - Composites Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbon fiber/epoxy (CF/EP) composites have been widely used as structural materials in
many aerospace applications owing to their superior specific strength and specific elastic …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical joining of fibre reinforced polymer composites to metals—a review. Part II: riveting, clinching, non-adhesive form-locked joints, pin and loop joining

A Galińska, C Galiński - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
As fiber reinforced plastic composites gain an increasingly larger share in aerospace
structures, the problem of joining them with metal elements becomes significant. The current …

Nanofibre bridging as a toughening mechanism in carbon/epoxy composite laminates interleaved with electrospun polyamide nanofibrous veils

L Daelemans, S van der Heijden, I De Baere… - … Science and Technology, 2015 - Elsevier
Electrospun thermoplastic nanofibres have a large potential for the interlaminar toughening
of composite laminates. They can easily be placed in resin rich interlayers between …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of impact resistance of carbon fibre composites with multiple ultra-thin CNT, aramid pulp, PBO and graphene interlayers

Y Hu, Y Wei, G Han, J Zhang, G Sun, X Hu… - Composites Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study compared the impact properties of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP)
laminates with multiple ultra-thin interlayers of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) Aramid …

Electrospun nanofibers for enhancing structural performance of composite materials

A Zucchelli, ML Focarete, C Gualandi… - Polymers for …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past six decades, engineered composite materials found wide ranging applications
in land, sea and air transport vehicles, space exploration, military equipment and defense …

Growing carbon nanotubes in situ surrounding carbon fiber surface via chemical vapor deposition to reinforce flexural strength of carbon fiber composites

G Yang, F Cheng, S Zuo, J Zhang, Y Xu, Y Hu, X Hu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study employed novel joint treatments to strengthen the carbon fiber reinforced polymer
(CFRP) composites. Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) were prepared in situ …