Fabrication of High-Performance Bamboo–Plastic Composites Reinforced by Natural Halloysite Nanotubes

Polyurethane Coatings Reinforced by Halloysite Nanotubes

The pencil hardness of a two-component polyurethane coating was improved by adding halloysite nanotubes to the recipe at a weight fraction of less than 10%. The pencil hardness was around F for the unfilled coating and increased to around 2H upon filling. It was important to silanize the surface of the filler in order to achieve good coupling to the matrix. Sonicating the sample during drying a...

Fabrication and Testing of Natural Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composites

Work has been carried out to investigate the flexural properties of composites made by reinforcing banana and pineapple as the new natural fibers into epoxy resin matrix. The natural fibers were extracted by retting and manual process. The composites are fabricated using banana and pineapple fiber reinforcements. Hybrid composites were prepared using banana/pineapple fibers of 0/40, 15/25, 20/2...

Fabrication and Multifunctional Characterization of Hybrid Woven Composites Reinforced by Aligned Carbon Nanotubes

Hybrid composite architectures employing traditional advanced composites and aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) offer significant multifunctional performance benefits in addition to enhanced structural properties. This broadens potential applications of these hybrid composites, e.g., with improved electrical conductivity, the composites may have application in lightning-strike protection. Our prev...

Carbon hybridized halloysite nanotubes for high-performance hydrogen storage capacities

Hybrid nanotubes of carbon and halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) with different carbon:HNTs ratio were hydrothermally synthesized from natural halloysite and sucrose. The samples display uniformly cylindrical hollow tubular structure with different morphologies. These hybrid nanotubes were concluded to be promising medium for physisorption-based hydrogen storage. The hydrogen adsorption capacity of p...

Strengthening and stiffening carbon fiber epoxy composites by halloysite nanotubes, carbon nanotubes and silicon carbide whiskers