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Effects of Length and Oxidation of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties for Epoxy Matrix Composites

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This work investigated the effects of length and oxidation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the interfacial strength, fracture toughness enhancement and conductivity for epoxy matrix composites by experiment. Firstly, a seven-step processing scheme was proposed to obtain highly dispersed CNT-epoxy composites. Subsequently, two feasible methods were presented to characterize the interfacial strength and used to study the effects of length and oxidation of CNTs on the interfacial strength. Thirdly, based on the experimental results of the fracture toughness of CNT-epoxy composites, we proposed a new fracture theory for CNT-based composites which is contrary to the conventional fracture theory for fiber-based composites. The experimental results show that the fracture toughness enhancement reaches maximum at the critical oxidation time, when the interfacial strength equals CNT strength. At last, to obtain CNT-epoxy composites with both high mechanical and electrical properties, a feasible solution was put forward.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Aero-engine Thermal Environment and Structure, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Wenbin Jia, Zhi Chen & Lei Fang

  2. Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Aerospace Power System, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Wenbin Jia, Zhi Chen & Lei Fang

  3. College of Energy & Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Wenbin Jia, Zhi Chen & Lei Fang

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Jia, W., Chen, Z. & Fang, L. Effects of Length and Oxidation of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties for Epoxy Matrix Composites. Fibers Polym 23, 1332–1341 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-022-3335-9

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