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ArticleACS omega2022

New Application Field of Polyethylene Oxide: PEO Nanofibers as Epoxy Toughener for Effective CFRP Delamination Resistance Improvement.

Emanuele Maccaferri, Jacopo Ortolani, Laura Mazzocchetti, Tiziana Benelli, Tommaso Maria Brugo, Andrea Zucchelli, Loris Giorgini

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Article in ACS omega, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emanuele MaccaferriDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2092-808X
Jacopo OrtolaniDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-9741
Laura MazzocchettiDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-6729
Tiziana BenelliDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9420-2524
Tommaso Maria BrugoInterdepartmental Center for Industrial Research on Advanced Applications in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology, CIRI-MAM, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna 40136, Italy.
Andrea ZucchelliInterdepartmental Center for Industrial Research on Advanced Applications in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology, CIRI-MAM, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna 40136, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3466-2913
Loris GiorginiDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2248-3552
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Delamination is the most severe weakness affecting all composite materials with a laminar structure. Nanofibrous mat interleaving is a smart way to increase the interlaminar fracture toughness: the use of thermoplastic polymers, such as poly(ε-caprolactone) and polyamides (Nylons), as nonwovens is common and well established. Here, electrospun polyethylene oxide (PEO) nanofibers are proposed as reinforcing layers for hindering delamination in epoxy-based carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates. While PEO nanofibers are well known and successfully applied in medicine and healthcare, to date, their use as composite tougheners is undiscovered, resulting in the first investigation in this application field. The PEO-modified CFRP laminate shows a significant improvement in the interlaminar fracture toughness under Mode I loading: +60% and +221% in

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