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The effect of graphene oxide modified short carbon fiber on the interlaminar shear strength of carbon fiber fabric/epoxy composites

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Fiber-reinforced polymer composite laminate is weak in the Z-direction, which limits its application. Herein, short carbon fiber (SCF) was decorated with graphene oxide (GO) to form GO@SCF, which was used to improve epoxy matrix and thereby the interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) of carbon fiber fabric (CFF)-reinforced epoxy composites. The effect of GO@SCF on the ILSS of the composite has been examined. It showed that the optimal content of GO@SCF was 0.1 wt%, and the maximum value of ILSS reached 59.4 MPa, which was 14.7% higher than the pure CFF/epoxy composite. The neat SCF was also employed to enhance the ILSS for the purpose of comparison. The results indicate that GO@SCF has better effect on reinforcing the ILSS than the neat SCF. This study provides an effective approach for the reinforcement of the ILSS of CFF-reinforced epoxy composites.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11502096); the Jiaxing Public Welfare Project (Grant No. 2020AD10011); and the Textile Engineering Zhejiang Province Key Discipline. The authors also thank the kind assistance supported by Dr. Jun Ye from Ningbo University in drawing schematic diagram.

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    Hui-Jie Nie, Zhi Xu, Bo-Lin Tang, Chen-Yang Dang, Ya-Ru Yang, Xiao-Ling Zeng & Xiao-Jun Shen

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, No. 21 Gehu Road, Changzhou, 213164, Jiangsu, China

    Hui-Jie Nie & Ben-Cai Lin

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Nie, HJ., Xu, Z., Tang, BL. et al. The effect of graphene oxide modified short carbon fiber on the interlaminar shear strength of carbon fiber fabric/epoxy composites. J Mater Sci 56, 488–496 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05286-y

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