Tensile strength polymer/graphite nanocomposites

Both tensile strength and Young s modulus have been shown to be strongly improved when polymer/graphite nanocomposites are yielded. Polyacrylonitrile/ graphite nanocomposites show a drastic increase in both tensile strength and the Young s modulus at rather low filler content.Actually, the material stiffness is substantially enhanced whatever the way of preparation in-situ polymeriza-... 

It is assumed that the use of such a nanocomposite as a matrix in continuous fiber-reinforced composites will definitely improve the matrix-related properties, such as interlaminar fracture toughness, transverse tensile strength and modulus, as well as interlaminar shear strength. The same should be true for polymer-based tribomaterials, in which such a nanoparticle-modifled resin is used in combination with friction and wear improving fillers, such as short carbon fibers, PTFE particles, and graphite flakes. 

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