Fabrication and characterization of structural/dielectric three-phase composite: Continuous basalt fiber reinforced epoxy resin modified with graphene nanoplates

Accelerated microwave curing of fibre-reinforced thermoset polymer composites for structural applications: A review of scientific challenges

“…These properties are highly sensitive to the presence of dielectric e.g. metallic nano-particles with high microwave absorption properties [106][107][108][109], and can also be affected by sample preparation [49,56,[110][111][112][113][114][115], moisture [116][117][118], and temperature [119,120]. There has also been a slight confusion of using different terms as 'dielectric constant' in different literatures.…”

Tuning Electrical and Thermal Properties in Epoxy/Glass Composites by Graphene-Based Interphase

“…In fact, the extraordinary properties of this two-dimensional (2D) material, such as remarkably high electron mobility at room temperature (250,000 cm 2 /V), high thermal conductivity (5000 Wm −1 ·K −1 ), and mechanical stiffness and strength (Young's modulus = 1 TPa, strength 130 GPa) [5][6][7], make it an ideal candidate for the preparation of nanocomposites. Previous studies have confirmed that the dispersion of graphene in polymeric matrices resulted in not only improving mechanical properties [8], but also providing functional properties like electrical conductivity [9][10][11], thermal conductivity [12], dielectric properties [13][14][15], and electromagnetic interference shielding [15][16][17]. Moreover, recent studies have also indicated that an optimized amount of graphene nanoparticles dispersed in the polymer matrix can play a positive role in enhancing the fiber/matrix interfacial adhesion between both thermoplastic and thermosetting polymer matrices and glass fibers [18][19][20].…”

Effect of Al2O3 nanofillers in basalt/epoxy composites: Mechanical and tribological properties

“…[ 12–16 ] Addition of different nanofillers enhances the properties of polymer composites, [ 17–24 ] in which Al 2 O 3 nanofillers is considered as one of the well‐established nanofiller due to its excellent mechanical, thermal and tribological properties. [ 25,26 ] Chen et al [ 27 ] fabricated the epoxy/basalt fiber composite filled with different loading of graphene nano plates (GNP) and the experimental results reveals that, the Mechanical properties of composite increase due to the addition of GNPs, suitable GNPs content in the composite exhibits very good integrative mechanical and dielectric properties. Ahmed et al [ 28 ] studied the effect of Al 2 O 3 and SiC micro fillers on wear properties of jute/epoxy composites at different loading and sliding velocities.…”