PSI - Issue 41

Alok K. Srivastava et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 41 (2022) 241–247 Alok Srivastava/ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000–000

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indicates the poor interfacial interaction between fibers and epoxy in pristine laminates. However, GNPs were found to be adhered along with epoxy and fibers in GNP added laminates which might be due to the more mechanical interlocking and larger surface area of the GNPs.

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