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ArticlePolymers2026

Electron Beam Irradiation for Impact Strength Enhancement of Kevlar Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene.

Hideki Kimura, Yusuke Kobayashi, Hirotaka Irie, Kouhei Sagawa, Helmut Takahiro Uchida, Michael C Faudree, Michelle Salvia, Yoshitake Nishi

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Article in Polymers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hideki KimuraGraduate School of Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2877-4983
Yusuke KobayashiGraduate School of Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan.
Hirotaka IrieGraduate School of Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan.
Kouhei SagawaGraduate School of Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan.
Helmut Takahiro UchidaGraduate School of Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6329-2077
Michael C FaudreeGraduate School of Science & Technology, Tokai University, 4-1, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2016-0899
Michelle SalviaLaboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systemes (LTDS), ECL (Ecole Centrale de Lyon), CEDEX, 69134 Ecully, France.
Yoshitake NishiGraduate School of Engineering, Tokai University, 4-1, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Presently, there is little to no literature that investigates the effect of electron beams on para-aramid (Kevlar

Indexed as

aramid fibercompositeelectron beamimpact strengthinterlayeredpolypropylenethermoplastic

Identifiers

PMID42198172
PMCPMC13210734

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