Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
F3?functionalized nanoscale metal–organic frameworks for tumor?targeting combined chemotherapy and chemodynamic therapy
AbstractThe development of innovative engineered epoxy composites aiming to manufacture cost?efficient materials with reduced weight and enhanced physical properties remains as a current industrial challenge. In this work we report an original procedure for manufacturing glass?fiber epoxy reinforced nanocomposites (GFECs) by employing electrospun fiber?mats as a reinforcing phase. These fibers have been produced from polyacrylonitrile and multiwalled carbon nanotubes solutions. Optimal protocols are designed by combining Taguchi method with the morphological, structural and mechanical properties obtained by scanning electron microscopy, profilometry and tensile tests. It is demonstrated that GFECs fabricated using GF800 glass fiber show an improvement/enhancement of the mechanical properties with a fracture strain up to 500?MPa (around 20% higher than the non?reinforced epoxy composite counterpart). It is also shown that GFECs fabricated using GF3M glass fiber exhibited a reduction of the roughness up to 56%, which corresponds with a roughness improvement from N8 to N7 following the guidelines provided by the ISO 1302. These results suggest that this type of nanocomposites would be suitable to be used in the aeronautics and automotive industries.
» Publication Date: 21/11/2022
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
