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Motivation and Relevance

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Acting Principles of Nano-Scaled Matrix Additives for Composite Structures

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Lightweight structures play a central role in mobility. The research and development of materials with high specific strengths and stiffnesses has always been essential. Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics represent an important and still increasing part of this. However, matrix-dominated properties such as impact strength or fibre-parallel compressive strength still represent a weak point in this class of materials. Nanotechnology is opening up new ways to significantly improve these properties. This chapter provides an overview of the different approaches to the use of nanotechnology in Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) and introduces the book.

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    The Research Unit FOR2021 “Acting Principles of Nano-Scaled Matrix Additives for Composite Structures” working from 2014–2020 was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

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  1. Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Johannes Michael Sinapius

  2. Technische Universität Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Gerhard Ziegmann

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    Michael Sinapius

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Sinapius, J.M., Ziegmann, G. (2021). Motivation and Relevance. In: Sinapius, M., Ziegmann, G. (eds) Acting Principles of Nano-Scaled Matrix Additives for Composite Structures. Research Topics in Aerospace. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68523-2_1

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