A5001358133- Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Polymer composites and self-healing
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Graphene research and applications
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Polymer Foaming and Composites
- Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
- Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Tribology and Wear Analysis
University of Toronto
2014-2019
Toronto Public Health
2019
Chitin nano-whiskers (CNWs) are high performance nanomaterials that can be extracted from chitin, which is one of the most widely available bio-resources. Herein we investigate effect CNWs on morphological, mechanical, dynamic mechanical and thermal properties DGEBA epoxy. Optically transparent, bulk epoxy nano-composites with 0.25 wt%, 0.5 wt% 0.75 were evaluated in addition to neat The composites prepared based a modified slurry compounding method. appear well dispersed within matrix...
This work explores the morphological, mechanical, fracture, dynamic and thermal characteristics of epoxy nanocomposites using carbon nanofibers (CNFs), graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), a hybrid combination CNFs/GNPs as fillers. These composites were processed with without use surfactants. The addition surfactant alone to neat reduced fracture toughness, elongation at break, glass transition temperature. CNFs found significantly counteract effect surfactants increase toughness compared control....
Polymers make up an important component of the manufacturing industry. Their density and mechanical properties makes them desirable for many applications. Currently much polymer produced is from non-renewable sources which adds to waste after disposal. PLA a bio-based shown be promising in studies but its inherent brittleness prevents wide scale application polymer. One readily feasible alternative reinforce with fillers as means improve properties. Two types based bio-composites were...