Interfacial and fatigue-resistant synergetic enhancement of carbon fiber/epoxy hierarchical composites via an electrophoresis deposited carbon nanotube-toughened transition layer

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• 作者：Xianhang Sui¹ ; Jie Shi¹ ; Hongwei Yao ; Zhiwei Xu ; ^{xuzhiwei@tjpu.edu.cn} ; Lei Chen ; Xiaojie Li ; Meijun Ma ; Liyun Kuang ; Hongjun Fu ; Hui Deng
• 关键词：Carbon nanotubes ; Transition layer ; Interfacial property ; Fatigue-resistant
• 刊名：Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：92
• 期：Complete
• 页码：134-144
• 全文大小：3809 K
• 卷排序：92

文摘

To synergistically improve interfacial and fatigue-resistant performance of carbon fiber/epoxy composites, a transition layer reinforced by oxidized multiwall carbon nanotubes (OCNTs) was built. OCNTs were integrated onto carbon fibers using a continuous electrophoretic deposition method. Results of static and fatigue tests showed that compared with composites without OCNTs, the hierarchical composites not only showed increases of 33.3% in interfacial shear strength, 10.5% in interlaminar shear strength and 9.5% in flexural strength but also acquired 4.5% improvement in residual bending strength retention after fatigue tests. The transition layer detected by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and atomic force microscope in force mode might be responsible for the above improvements. Combined with scanning electron microscopy analysis and ultrasonic C-scan detection, the functions of modified interfacial microstructure were discussed. The enhanced interface could help to reduce stress concentration and lead destructive cracks to spread along multiple paths, enhancing the damage resistance.