Thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) has gained acceptance as third generation of polymeric
materials for high voltage (HV) insulators. The interesting features showed by TPEs were …

Many modern engineering structures are composed of brittle heterogenous, or quasibrittle,
materials. These include concrete, composites, tough ceramics, rocks, cold asphalt mixtures …

Abstract The Halpin-Tsai model for Young's modulus of composites is developed for polymer
nanocomposites reinforced with spherical nanoparticles assuming interphase properties …

A new type of composite based on phthalonitrile resin reinforced with silicon carbide (SiC)
microparticles was prepared. For various weight ratios ranging between 0% and 20%, the …

There is always a vital need for more robust, affordable, and multifunctional materials to
satisfy the demands of industrial consumers. Therefore, polymer matrix composites (dual …

SiO 2 nanoparticles without surface modification were used to prepare a polymer based
nanocomposite: methyl methacrylate (MMA) was selected as the matrix, and copolymerized …

The incorporation of the prepared Ag-SiO 2 core-shell particles in natural rubber matrix was
investigated on antibacterial and mechanical properties of resulting composites. Significant …

This work proposes an investigation of the fracturing behavior of polymer nanocomposites.
Towards this end, the study leverages the analysis of a large bulk of fracture tests from the …

The addition of hard fillers to a polymer matrix is a well-known process for achieving
mechanical reinforcement. With a decrease in the size of the fillers, the contribution from …

With development of encapsulation technology, analysis of dependent nano-scaled
microcapsule is significant to intensively understand self-lubrication behavior. In this paper …