Abstract
Here, an anodic electrophoretic deposition was adopted to facilitate the large-scale uniform coating of nano-fillers onto carbon fibers to enhance the interfacial properties between carbon fibers and epoxy matrix. As interface-reinforcing materials, aramid nanofibers were introduced because of their superior mechanical properties and epoxy matrix-friendly functional groups. Furthermore, aramid nanofibers can be readily coated on carbon fibers via electrophoretic deposition because they are negatively-charged in solution with high electrical mobility. Finally, aramid nanofiber-coated carbon fibers showed significantly improved interfacial properties such as higher surface free energy and interfacial shear strengths (39.7% and 34.9% increases, respectively) than those of a pristine carbon fiber despite a very small amount of embedding (0.025 wt% of aramid nanofibers in a carbon fiber), and the short beam strength of the laminated composite prepared with the aramid nanofiber-coated carbon fibers was also improved by 17.0% compared to a non-modified composite.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 482-489 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing |
Volume | 84 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 May 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. 2015R1A2A2A04003160 ) and was also supported by the Industrial Technology Innovation Program (No. 1004338 ) by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (Korea) .
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ceramics and Composites
- Mechanics of Materials