For the first time, a porous mesh of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) was electrospun directly onto carbon fiber (CF) plies and used to develop novel structural epoxy (EP) composites with electro-activated self-healing properties. Three samples, i.e., the neat EP/CF composite and two laminates containing a limited amount of PCL (i.e., 5 wt.% and 10 wt.%), were prepared and characterized from a microstructural and thermo-mechanical point of view. The introduction of the PCL mesh led to a reduction in the flexural stress at break (by 17%), of the interlaminar shear strength (by 15%), and of the interlaminar shear strength (by 39%). The interlaminar fracture toughness of the prepared laminates was evaluated under mode I, and broken samples were thermally mended at 80◦C (i.e., above the melting temperature of PCL) by resistive heating generated by a current flow within the samples through Joule’s effect. It was demonstrated that, thanks to the presence of the electrospun PCL mesh, the laminate with a PCL of 10 wt.% showed healing efficiency values up to 31%.
Thermal mending of electroactive carbon/epoxy laminates using a porous poly(ε-caprolactone) electrospun mesh / Cescato, Roberto; Rigotti, Daniele; Mahmood, Haroon; Dorigato, Andrea; Pegoretti, Alessandro. - In: POLYMERS. - ISSN 2073-4360. - 2021, 13:16(2021), pp. 2723.1-2723.21. [10.3390/polym13162723]
Titolo: | Thermal mending of electroactive carbon/epoxy laminates using a porous poly(ε-caprolactone) electrospun mesh | |
Autori: | Cescato, Roberto; Rigotti, Daniele; Mahmood, Haroon; Dorigato, Andrea; Pegoretti, Alessandro | |
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Titolo del periodico: | POLYMERS | |
Anno di pubblicazione: | 2021 | |
Numero e parte del fascicolo: | 16 | |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-85113345670 | |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 34451262 | |
Codice identificativo WOS: | WOS:000690240100001 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13162723 | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/328922 | |
Citazione: | Thermal mending of electroactive carbon/epoxy laminates using a porous poly(ε-caprolactone) electrospun mesh / Cescato, Roberto; Rigotti, Daniele; Mahmood, Haroon; Dorigato, Andrea; Pegoretti, Alessandro. - In: POLYMERS. - ISSN 2073-4360. - 2021, 13:16(2021), pp. 2723.1-2723.21. [10.3390/polym13162723] | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |
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