Improved mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites incorporating graphene-like BN: Dependence on the number of BN layers
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2011
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Mangalampalli, S.R.N. Kiran
Raidongia, Kalyan
Ramamurty, U
Rao, C.N.R.
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Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd
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The mechanical properties of composites of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with two-dimensional graphene-like boron nitride (BN) have been investigated to explore the dependence of the properties on the number of BN layers. This study demonstrates that significantly improved mechanical properties are exhibited by the composite with the fewest number of BN layers. Thus, with incorporation of three BN layers, the hardness and elastic modulus of the composite showed an increase of 125% and 130%, respectively, relative to pure PMMA.
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Keywords: Hardness and elastic modulus; Mechanical properties of polymers; Nano layers; Properties of composites; Boron; Graphene; Nanocomposites; Nanoindentation; Nitrides; Polymer matrix composites; Mechanical properties Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite; Nanoindentation; Nanolayers; Polymer matrix composites
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Scripta Materialia
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