Interfacial improvement of carbon fiber/epoxy composites using one-step method for grafting carbon nanotubes on the fibers at ultra-low temperatures

This paper focuses on improving the out-of-plane properties of carbon fiber/epoxy composites to extend their applications. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were introduced on carbon fiber surface by a novel one-step chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method at ultra-low temperature and hybrid composites were fabricated by molding technology. Mechanical and dielectric tests were conducted to figure out the changes in out-of-plane properties after grafting...