Epoxy-clay fiber reinforced plastics are employed in myriad applications. They, however, are
brittle with less impact strength/related properties. There has been tremendous amount of …

Composite materials are finding increased applications in many industrial applications. A
nano-composite is a matrix to which nanosized particles have been incorporated to …

The diverse nature of polymers with attractive properties has replaced the conventional
materials with polymeric composites. The present study was sought to evaluate the wear …

In this work, two varying types of composites with a fixed weight percentage of plain woven
glass fiber and epoxy reinforced with four different types of filler materials such as one with …

Low friction coefficient with good wear resistance makes plastics an extensively researched
tribo-material. In the present study, nine different thermoplastic composites of varying …

Nanoparticles have been recently explored as lubricant additives for improving tribological
performance of metal-forming tools. Halloysite clay nanotubes (HNTs) are naturally …

Nanosilica (NS) was synthesized by a sol–gel method and mixed with 0.98 polyvinyl alcohol
(PVA)/0.02 polyaniline (PANI) in different amounts to produce nanocomposite films. High …

Epoxy-glass fiber reinforced nanocomposites containing compatibilized ethylene propylene
diene monomer (EPDM) rubber were processed for improved impact strength …

Lamellar sodium-montmorillonite (NaMMT) was used as reinforcing filler to improve the
abrasion resistance of polyethersulfone (PES)/polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based …

Acrylic based polyurethane (PU) coatings with various amounts of nanosilica contents were
prepared using solution casting method. The nanosilica (SiO2) particles used are around 16 …