Epoxy based hybrid nanocomposites: Fracture mechanisms, tensile properties and electrical properties

This work explore the effect of addition a combination rigid nanofillers and core–shell rubber nanoparticles on fracture mechanics, tensile, electrical thermo-mechanical properties epoxy resins. SiO2 nanoparticles, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT's), as nanofillers, (CSR) soft were used with bisphenol-A based resin. Further, fillers added systematically MWCNT’s to study combined CSR nanoparticles. The resulting systems will be characterized by standard methods. includes thorough characterization electrical, thermal properties. results show that maximum increase toughness (207%) energy (910%) was obtained for system containing 5 wt% 10% SiO2. conductivity threshold at 0.075 modified system. introduction significantly matrix decrease in tensile strength modulus, which further recovered analysis surfaces revealed toughening micro-mechanisms.