Milan Kelch (The Biological Materials Groupe) Thomas Bahners (Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West gGmbH) Jörg Müssig (University of Applied Sciences Bremen )

The deposition of thin hydrophobic layers on the fibre surface is investigated as an alternative approach to improve poor fibre-matrix adhesion between naturally hydrophilic cellulose fibres and hydrophobic polyolefinic matrices.

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Roberts Joffe (Lulea University of Technology) Abdelghani Hajlane (Lulea University of Technology) Hamid Kaddami (Laboratory of Organometallic and Macromolecular Chemistry-Composite Materials)

The paper demonstrates reduction of moisture absorption and improvement of the adhesion with epoxy of the hierarchical reinforcement obtained by grafting nano-crystals on micro-sized regenerated cellulose fibers.

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Michael Greisel (University of Augsburg) Alexander Kurek (SGL Carbon GmbH) Alexander Chaloupka (Fraunhofer ICT) Judith Moosburger-Will (University of Augsburg) W.M. Mueller (University of Augsburg) Markus Sause (University of Augsburg) Siegfried Horn (University of Augsburg)

The present work demonstrates the effect of epoxy- and polyamide-compatible sizings in carbon fiber reinforced polyamide-6 composites on the micro-mechanical fracture toughness and the macro-mechanical in-plane shear properties.

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Nikos Koutroumanis (Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences/Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas) Anastasios Manikas (FORTH/ICEHT) Panagiotis Nektarios Pappas (Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences/Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas) Faidonas Petropoulos (Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences/Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas) Lamprini Sygellou (Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences/Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas) Costas Galiotis (Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences/Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas)

A new epoxidation method at RT that exhibit a significant improvement of the interface between the CF and the surrounding epoxy resin has been proposed and verified by using a combination of mechanical and spectroscopic methods.

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Anaud Martin (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)) Frédéric Addiego (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)) Sarah Reinard (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)) Grégory Mertz (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)) Julien Bardon (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)) David Ruch (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST))

This work addresses the fibre-matrix compatibilization of a PEEK composite reinforced with pitch-based carbon fibre. An environmentally friendly methodology was developed to modify interphase properties by pi-stacking and electrostatic interactions.

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Eva Laukmanis (University of Augsburg) Tobias Neid (University of Augsburg) Judith Moosburger-Will (University of Augsburg) Siegfried Horn (University of Augsburg)

Single filament sizing experiments are performed on carbon fibers with variable degrees of surface activation using two epoxy based sizing solutions. The evaluation of AFM images of the sized fibers permits an investigation of the sizing behavior.

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Haroon Mahmood (University of Trento) Massimo Bersani (MiNALab Laboratory, Bruno Kessler Foundation) Alessandro Pegoretti (University of Trento)

A method of inducing strain monitoring phenomenon in composites is presented in this paper. By electrophoretically depositing graphene nanosheets on glass fibers, a conductive interphase is created between the glass fibers and the epoxy matrix.

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Ross Forbes Minty (University of Strathclyde) James Thomason (University of Strathclyde) Liu Yang (University of Strathclyde)

This paper focuses on analyzing the interfacial and thermal properties of an epoxy resin glass fibre composite using the microbond technique and thermal analysis to gauge the influence of residual stress at the interface with varying system ratios.

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Philipp Bruckbauer (Technical University of Munich / Institute for Carbon Composites) Frank Weiland (Airbus Helicopters) Uwe Beier (Airbus Helicopters) Klaus Drechsler (Technical University of Munich / Institute for Carbon Composites)

This paper investigates the influence of curing cycles on the development of thermoplastic-thermoset interphases. A strong dependency of the heating rate on the interphase size and the shear strength of CFRP specimen could be found.

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Luqi Liu (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, CHINA) Guorui Wang (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, CHINA) Zhaohe Dai (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, CHINA) Zhong Zhang (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, CHINA)

Based on in situ Raman spectroscopy, surface functionalization is employed to tune interfacial adhesion of graphene/PMMA interface and clarify impacts of interfacial chemistry on reinforcing mechanisms for the first time.

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