Engineering the interfacial adhesion in basalt/epoxy composites by plasma polymerization

Autor: Vladimir Cech, Fabienne Touchard, Fabrizio Sarasini, Laurence Chocinski-Arnault, David Mellier, Maria Paola Bracciale, Maria Carolina Seghini, Jacopo Tirillò, Milan Zvonek
Přispěvatelé: Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' = Sapienza University [Rome], ENDOmmagement et durabilité ENDO (ENDO), Département Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux (Département Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux), Institut Pprime (PPRIME), ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers-ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers-Institut Pprime (PPRIME), ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers-ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers, Brno University of Technology [Brno] (BUT)
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Elsevier, 2019, 122, pp.67-76. ⟨10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.04.013⟩
ISSN: 1359-835X
Popis: International audience; In an attempt to improve mechanical properties of basalt fibre/epoxy composites, the present work provides a comparison between the effects of a commercial coupling agent, a thermal de-sizing treatment and a plasma polymerization process on the fibre/matrix interfacial strength. The different basalt fibres were characterized in terms of surface morphology, by FE-SEM observations, and chemical composition, performing FT-IR analysis. The interfacial adhesion has been investigated by single fibre fragmentation test on single filament composite samples. The plasma polymerization process was able to produce a homogeneous tetravinylsilane (pp-TVS) coating on the surface of basalt fibres, which resulted in a significant increase in the fibre/matrix adhesion. The surface roughness of the untreated and treated basalt fibres has been measured by AFM and a relationship between the surface roughness and the fibre/matrix adhesion quality was found. High-resolution microtomography (µ-CT) has been used to support the analysis of the damage modes during fragmentation tests.
Databáze: OpenAIRE