Mechanical, thermal and interfacial performances of carbon fiber reinforced composites flavored by carbon nanotube in matrix/interface

The introduction of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into fiber-reinforced polymer composites has been achieved predominantly via two routes: mixing CNTs entirely throughout the matrix (matrix modification) or attaching CNTs onto reinforcing fibers (interface modification). We studied unidirectional carbon fiber/epoxy composites where CNTs were introduced to enhance the hierarchical composites by two alternative strategies: mixing into the epoxy or...