Reinforced carbon fiber laminates with oriented carbon nanotube epoxy nanocomposites: Magnetic field assisted alignment and cryogenic temperature mechanical properties

Yuxin He; Song Yang; Hu Liu; Qian Shao; Qiuyu Chen; Chang Lu; Yuanli Jiang; Chuntai Liu; Zhanhu Guo

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.087

Reinforced carbon fiber laminates with oriented carbon nanotube epoxy nanocomposites: Magnetic field assisted alignment and cryogenic temperature mechanical properties

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2018 May 1:517:40-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.087. Epub 2018 Feb 7.

Authors

Yuxin He¹, Song Yang², Hu Liu³, Qian Shao⁴, Qiuyu Chen², Chang Lu², Yuanli Jiang⁵, Chuntai Liu⁶, Zhanhu Guo⁷

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, PR China; Henan Energy and Chemical Industry Group Research Institute Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China. Electronic address: heyx@haust.edu.cn.
² College of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, PR China.
³ National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China; Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
⁴ College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China.
⁵ Henan Energy and Chemical Industry Group Research Institute Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China.
⁶ National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China. Electronic address: ctliu@zzu.edu.cn.
⁷ Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Electronic address: zguo10@utk.edu.

PMID: 29421679
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.087

Abstract

The epoxy nanocomposites with ordered multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were used to influence the micro-cracks resistance of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy (CF/EP) laminate at 77 K, Oxidized MWCNTs functionalized with Fe₃O₄ (Fe₃O₄/O-MWCNTs) with good magnetic properties were prepared by co-precipitation method and used to modify epoxy (EP) for cryogenic applications. Fe₃O₄/O-MWCNTs reinforced carbon fiber epoxy composites were also prepared through vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). The ordered Fe₃O₄/O-MWCNTs were observed to have effectively improved the mechanical properties of epoxy (EP) matrix at 77 K and reduce the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of EP matrix. The ordered Fe₃O₄/O-MWCNTs also obviously improved the micro-cracks resistance of CF/EP composites at 77 K. Compared to neat EP, the CTE of ordered Fe₃O₄/O-MWCNTs modified CF/EP composites was decreased 37.6%. Compared to CF/EP composites, the micro-cracks density of ordered Fe₃O₄/O-MWCNTs modified CF/EP composites at 77 K was decreased 37.2%.

Keywords: Carbon fiber; Carbon nanotubes; Cryogenic temperature; Epoxy; Magnetic field; Oriented.