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The Effects of Fiber Surface Treatments by a Cold Plasma in Carbon Fiber/Bismaleinide Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Tao C. Chang  and
B. Z. Jang
Tao C. Chang
Affiliation:
Composites Research Labs, 201 Ross Hall Materials Engineering Program Auburn University, AL 36849
B. Z. Jang
Affiliation:
Composites Research Labs, 201 Ross Hall Materials Engineering Program Auburn University, AL 36849
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Abstract

The effects of plasma treatments on the physical and chemical characteristics of carbon fiber surface and on the mechanical properties of carbon fiber/bismaleimide (BMI) resin composites were investigated. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and wettability measurements were applied for fiber surface characterization. Oxygen plasmas were found to be effective in enhancing the interfacial adhesion between carbon fiber and BMI matrix. Possible mechanisms of interfacial adhesion promotion were suggested and discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 170: Symposium N – Interfaces in Composites , 1989 , 321
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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