The direct architecture of carbon fiber‐carbon nanofiber hierarchical reinforcements for superior interfacial properties of CF/epoxy composites

A simple and efficient chemical method was developed to graft directly carbon nanofibers (CNFs) onto carbon fiber (CF) surface to construct a CF‐CNF hierarchical reinforcing structure. The grafted CF reinforcements via covalent ester linkage at low temperature without any usage of dendrimer or catal...

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Published in:Polymers for advanced technologies 2019-03, Vol.30 (3), p.620-630
Main Authors: Zheng, Hao, Li, Quanjiang, Yu, Chaoyong, Zhu, Xue, Guo, Pinting, Mu, Yuanyuan, Ma, Lichun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic force microscopy
carbon fiber
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics
Carbon fibers
carbon nanofibers
Composite structures
Contact angle
Dynamic mechanical properties
Fourier transforms
interface
Interfacial properties
Interfacial shear strength
Mechanical properties
Microscopy
Nanofibers
Organic chemistry
Photoelectrons
Polarity
Polymer matrix composites
polymer‐matrix composites (PMCs)
Scanning electron microscopy
Shear strength
Structural hierarchy
Ultrasonic testing
Wettability
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Summary:A simple and efficient chemical method was developed to graft directly carbon nanofibers (CNFs) onto carbon fiber (CF) surface to construct a CF‐CNF hierarchical reinforcing structure. The grafted CF reinforcements via covalent ester linkage at low temperature without any usage of dendrimer or catalyst was investigated by FTIR, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, dynamic contact angle analysis, and single fiber tensile testing. The results indicated that the CNFs with high density could effectively increase the polarity, wettability, and roughness of the CF surface. Simultaneous enhancements of the interfacial shear strength, flexural strength, and dynamic mechanical properties as well as the tensile strength of CFs were achieved, for an increase of 75.8%, 21.9%, 21.7%, and 0.5%, respectively. We believe the facile and effective method may provide a novel and promising interface design strategy for next‐generation advanced composite structures.
ISSN:1042-7147
1099-1581
DOI:10.1002/pat.4498