Chitin nano-whiskers (CNWs) as a bio-based bio-degradable reinforcement for epoxy: evaluation of the impact of CNWs on the morphological, fracture, mechanical, dynamic mechanical, and thermal characteristics of DGEBA epoxy resin-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Chitin nano-whiskers (CNWs) as a bio-based bio-degradable reinforcement for epoxy: evaluation of the impact of CNWs on the morphological, fracture, mechanical, dynamic mechanical, and thermal characteristics of DGEBA epoxy resin

Published:2019 Issue:20 Volume:9 Page:11063-11076
ISSN:2046-2069
Container-title:RSC Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Adv.

Author:

Anwer Muhammad A. S.¹²³⁴,Wang Jintian¹²³⁴,Guan Aaron (Qi)⁵³⁴,Naguib Hani E.¹⁶⁷²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

2. University of Toronto

3. Toronto

4. Canada

5. BOCO Bio-Nanotechnologies Inc.

6. Department of Materials Science and Engineering

7. Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

Abstract

Chitin nano-whiskers (CNWs) reinforcement for producing optically transparent epoxy nanocomposites with enhanced fracture, mechanical and thermal characteristics.

Funder

Canada Research Chairs

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Canada Foundation for Innovation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/RA/C9RA00769E

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