Multi-component nanocomposites of epoxy/silsesquioxane reinforced with carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes processed by resin transfer molding

In this work, an epoxy resin modified by silsesquioxane oligomers was used to produce multi-component nanocomposites reinforced with carbon fiber (CF) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) by resin transfer molding (RTM). The combination of sonication process with the incorporation of silsesquioxane domains (i.e. increasing the degree of crosslinking of the epoxy matrix), improved the mechanical strength of the hybrid matrix and hybrid/CF/CNT...