A Review of Recent Advances in Nanoengineered Polymer Composites

Vishnu Vijay Kumar; G Balaganesan; Jeremy Kong Yoong Lee; Rasoul Esmaeely Neisiany; S Surendran; Seeram Ramakrishna

doi:10.3390/polym11040644

A Review of Recent Advances in Nanoengineered Polymer Composites

Polymers (Basel). 2019 Apr 9;11(4):644. doi: 10.3390/polym11040644.

Authors

Vishnu Vijay Kumar^{1

2}, G Balaganesan³, Jeremy Kong Yoong Lee⁴, Rasoul Esmaeely Neisiany⁵, S Surendran⁶, Seeram Ramakrishna⁷

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore. vishnuv36@gmail.com.
² Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600036, India. vishnuv36@gmail.com.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu 181221, India. sur@iitm.ac.in.
⁴ Centre for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore. jeremy.lee@lr.org.
⁵ Division of Materials Science, Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden. rasoul.esmaeely@ltu.se.
⁶ Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600036, India. sur@iitm.ac.in.
⁷ Centre for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore. seeram@nus.edu.sg.

Abstract

This review paper initially summarizes the latest developments in impact testing on polymer matrix composites collating the various analytical, numerical, and experimental studies performed since the year 2000. Subsequently, the scientific literature investigating nanofiller reinforced polymer composite matrices as well as self-healing polymer matrix composites by incorporating core-shell nanofibers is reviewed in-depth to provide a perspective on some novel advances in nanotechnology that have led to composite developments. Through this review, researchers can gain a representative idea of the state of the art in nanotechnology for polymer matrix composite engineering, providing a platform for further study of this increasingly industrially significant material, and to address the challenges in developing the next generation of advanced, high-performance materials.

Keywords: impact; interfacial toughening; nanofiber interleave; polymer composites; self-healing composites.

Publication types

Review